brinkema@fjc.GOV (John R. Brinkema) (06/30/91)
I got a call recently from a friend who in the course of the conversation asked if I was using GOSIP (I'm at a gov't site). I said no! and went into a tirade about how GOSIP was an incomplete standard, that what existed was too new, and consequently not as fast or reliable as my current protocol (TCP/IP) and in any event not fully supported by the UNIX vendors that supply my systems. He, in return gave a defense of the ISO protocols and those parts of GOSIP that he has used. His defense has caused me to reconsider my position: he (unlike me) has first hand experience in integrating GOSIP systems and all his experiences have been postitive. My world is almost 100% Unix. In time we will be migrating to GOSIP, but I assumed that day would be in 5 to 10 years. Am I being too consevative; will GOSIP give me something that I don't have now (I sleep fairly well and Monday morning is usually quient - something unusual for network administrators). Net comments please. jb.