[ih] "The Great Debate"

[Ole Jacobsen]

Two corrections:

1. There were several Interop Great Debates, and yes, the one about OSI was indeed NOT
   between Marshall and Paul, but rather between Marshall and Sue Hares who WAS an OSI
   implementor. Mockapetris may have been on Marshall's "team" or he might even have been
   arguing against Marshall in a role-play debate, see below.

2. Marshall Rose very much did know what was going on as he was also heavily involved in
   (trying to) implement OSI. Google ISODE, the ISO Development Environment. He also wrote
   an entire book on the topic.

Ole

> On Apr 26, 2026, at 06:15, John Day via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> That must have been an interesting debate considering neither one of them was participating in OSI or had any idea what was going on. But then why spoil a good story with facts.
> 
> John
> 
>> On Apr 26, 2026, at 09:01, Carl Malamud via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi -
>> 
>> There was an Interop "Great Debate" between Marshall T. Rose and Paul
>> Mockapetris in 1992 or 1993 on the subject of "OSI v. TCP/IP." I bleieve
>> Interop used to sell audio tapes of these events. Might anybody have one?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Carl Malamud
>> 
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