ggm@brolga.cc.uq.oz (George Michaelson) (07/25/89)
According to an OSI appraisal/newsletter which shall remain nameless
the UK Government is releasing a boardgame with the theme of OSI to
be issued to Industry managers as part of a UKStg 12m package of
promotions.
The mind boggles.
Has anybody out there received a copy of "7-layer Monopoly" yet?
If you put 3 red modems and a Green Brouter on Park Lane can
you charge CCITT tarrif rates?
Can I be the little silver breakout box?
Do not pass state <ready>. Do not collect 700Mb. Go directly to
Bogonland.
On a more serious note the same issue carries a resume of a presentation
by Prof. Linington (UKC/JNT/RARE) which seems to commit RARE-based activity
to CONS. I thought this was still an open issue. Will *all* EC funding be
directed at CONS based WAN or is there any hope of CNLS? Some of the
statements about security/scaleability/speed are (in my mind) still open.
[Ok it was Open Systems Newsletter V3 Issue 5 May 1989. Mail delivery
in Australia is sloooooow]
-George
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