toshiya@hicom.hitachi.com (Toshiya Itoh) (10/11/90)
Does anybody know the word "Connectathon?" (may not be right spell) I heard it's the name of a kind of competition of TCP/IP implementations. If it was true, how can I get the information about the result of this competition? Thank you very much in advance, Toshiya Itoh. ========================================================== Software Engineer Hitachi Computer Products Inc. 3101 Tasman Dr. Santa Clara, Ca. 95054 E-mail t_itoh@hitachi.com ==========================================================
lefty@TWG.COM (10/13/90)
>Does anybody know the word "Connectathon?" (may not be right spell) > >I heard it's the name of a kind of competition of TCP/IP implementations. Connectathon is actually an interoperability testing event for ONC/NFS implementations. Many vendors who have NFS products set them up on a shared network and attempt to run a standard set of test suites in an attempt to get everybody's implementations to work against everybody else's. Connectathon 1991 is scheduled to be held this coming March, in San Jose. -- David N. Schlesinger | Internet: lefty@twg.com The Wollongong Group | AppleLink: D6122 1129 San Antonio Road | AOL: lefty3 Palo Alto, CA 94303 |
cs@Eng.Sun.COM (Carl Smith) (10/14/90)
> Does anybody know the word "Connectathon?" (may not be right spell) > > I heard it's the name of a kind of competition of TCP/IP implementations. > > If it was true, how can I get the information about the result of this > competition? Connectathon (TM) is the name of an event whose original purpose was to bring together NFS implementations and ensure that they interoperated. In later years, X Window System testing has also been added. I've been there as a vendor and as part of the group putting it on. It was never intended to be a competition. Nor is it intended to be a trade show (although there is a press event at its conclusion). It is purely an engineering event. Any NFS or X Window System implementation is eligible (and should make a concerted effort) to attend. An announcement is normally published in comp.protocols.nfs and comp.windows.x when the dates and location have been decided. Testing results are never published. Sun (the event's major sponsor) doesn't even allow access to the results by any of our employees who aren't directly involved in running the event. Carl