[ih] "The Great Debate"

[Carsten Schiefner]

On 26.04.2026 17:09, Dave Crocker via Internet-history wrote:
> On 4/26/2026 6:01 AM, Carl Malamud via Internet-history wrote:
>> 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."
> 
> Hmmm.  Found an article you wrote in 1992, about a debate between 
> Marshall and Christian Hitema on TCP vs OSI.  I remember attending the 
> one between Marshall and Paul, but not what its focus was on or when it 
> was held.
> 
>     https://public.resource.org/scribd/scribd.backup/2556246.pdf

Quoting the last two paragraphs of that article:

    At the end, the discussion focused on X.400. "There are 2 million 
X.400 users out there,” desJardins said.
    “Yes,” Rose snorted, "but none of them can talk to each other! Ring, 
ring, my phone is ringing. Must be an X.400 user.”

- they've just made my Monday morning! :-D

Have a good week, all - best,

	-C.