n2dsy@hou2d.UUCP (J.BEATTIE) (06/19/87)
A week or so ago I put a message on the net looking for source code for a small PC or Unix OSI protocol stack. I am happy to say that several folks responded to me. I'm sorry to report that they chose to do it privately... WHAT'S WITH YOU GUYS ? Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for the responses...and I would love to hear from other folks who may have stuff to offer - even a single protocol layer contribution is of interest... What I guess I'm frustrated about is that I chose a title of "OSI Protocol Software" which spurred several people into action, but... MOST of the "respondents" who used the title were: 1. Interested in pushing Internet, 2. CCITT/ISO/COS/OSI bashing, and 3. NOT CONTRIBUTING to the request. To them I should probably not say much more on the subject (other than what is above), because I try to remain a gentleman even when I disagree... NOW... What was in the original request ? In summary: I am interested in seeing OSI protocols in general use. A subset of these protocols is being assembled for the PC clones...but we want to have a good selection of implementations at each layer...so if you have something or know of implementations LET ME KNOW ! WHY ? We are going to circulate a public domain (no profit a la Columbia University's Kermit) OSI stack for the PC. We'll give it plenty of use where ever we can...specfically in Amateur Radio Packet Networks and in the Freeware/Shareware landline Internet and BBS worlds. We feel that this approach will help popularize and refine OSI protocols. Thanks, J. Gordon Beattie, Jr. ihnp4!houxm!hou2d!n2dsy 201-615-4772 (W) 201-387-8896 (H)