No shit, Sherlock.
I've lost count of how many X.25 products for which I arranged certifications with PTTs.
That was more than 20 years ago, however.....
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It was reasonably popular in the early to mid 80s, but even then was regarded as "legacy", mainly because telcos charged by the packet in most cases (and they were small).
Occasionally one sees the odd information feed around carrying specialised data for a specific industry sector, but that's about it.
I think it's still supported in IOS, but probably only through not having ripped it out
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There are still a few PADs around and I believe it's still supported in IOS, for example.
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In a conversation like this with you, there is nothing *to* lose
That depends on who you mean by the "top guys". Either way, it is unlikely that you would have come into contact with any of them.
Perhaps you would like to drop John Chambers an email and see if he shares your view.
Doing what?
In some way. Unfortunately for the vendors, few people were buying which is why there is little left in that arena.
Don't be silly.
You don't have the feintest clue of what you are talking about. It doesn't come from reading books and surfing the web, I'm afraid.
.. and your point is?
You're surfing well. Care to mention the major technologies used for doing this and their specific security vulnerabilities?
You don't say. I never knew that before.
or to go round in circles like you seem to be doing......
Not really. There is no value. Who cares?
That was one of the promises. There were way too many variants and options for it to have ever stood a chance of wide adoption.
I don't think anybody has said it is.
Possibly not. However, for the moment TCP/IP is as open as it gets. It doesn't need a big bureaucracy to achieve that.
Oh no they couldn't. Some were nowhere near powerful enough
Didn't get them far though did it?
If the EU was funding it then one knows it has no commercial viability.
Answer the question
No they didn't. OSI would have mae life horrendous, allowing for all sorts of vendor lockins.
TCP/IP is an open and free protocol set. Anybody can read the spec and implement it.
There was no spanner, and this was not the sequence of events.
and ??
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Mmm... I was thinking of some of the older financial data feeds - IIRC in some of the commodity markets...
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Sorry. I don't have more time to waste on your nonsense.
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The irony is, when I posted this nice picture of dribble the snappy dresser, he claimed that was racist as well:
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There was a time you could get access to Electronic Yellow Pages (later became Yell) on X25 as well...
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Ha newbie, we used to access it over a 1200/75 modem and were glad.
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That is good. Amazing. After all this time you just didn't know.
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Then there was Prestel on V.23 modems.....
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It is clear you are my greatest reader.
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I wouldn't say that. Others too have to continually correct your misinformation.
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snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com declared for all the world to hear...
Did mummy never teach about sarcasm?
I'll give you the actual answer if you like. Next week I will be mostly being Jon Parker.
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The previous post was neither insulting or abusive.
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snipped-for-privacy@nospam.com declared for all the world to hear...
Perhaps you should help us ordinaries out a bit Dr D and define "racist" for us? Your definition doesn't seem to match mine.
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snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.null declared for all the world to hear...
a long while!
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snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk declared for all the world to hear...
Careful Dave, this guy's a nutter. Don't insult with over 200 or he probably will call the police.
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Your choice of course.
Where's my membership card then? It was in my wallet last night. Have you stolen it? So you're a thief as well as a f****it then?
I have no idea what you're talking about. I am joining in the frank exchange of views as is my right to do so through the medium of usenet. No-one is forcing you to read my posts, your news reader has a killfile of sorts I expect?