[ih] when did APRANET -TIPs become known as -TACs

[John Day]

The difference between a democratic standards committee and an authoritarian standards committee.

> On Sep 28, 2025, at 19:29, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> 
> (reposted, to the the table included.)
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> On 9/28/2025 4:13 PM, John Day via Internet-history wrote:
>> The OSI vision was, if anything, Ethernet (an ISO standard), CLNP, TP4, and ACSE.
> 
> That sounds reasonable, except for TP0, TP1, TP2, and TP3.
> 
> Feature name                    TP0     TP1     TP2     TP3     TP4
> Connection-oriented network     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Connectionless network           No     No       No      No     Yes
> Concatenation and separation     No     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Segmentation and reassembly     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Error recovery                   No     Yes     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Reinitiate connectiona           No     Yes      No     Yes      No
> Multiplexing / demultiplexing over single virtual circuit     
>                                  No      No     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Explicit flow control            No      No     Yes     Yes     Yes
> Retransmission on timeout        No      No     No       No     Yes
> Reliable transport service       No     Yes     No      Yes     Yes
> and the various CONS alternatives to CLNP.
> 
> OSI went for the union of everybody's wish lista.  The Internet went for the intersection.
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