Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 19:21:48 +0000
Sandy Harris wrote:
>
> Eric Rescorla wrote:
>
> > > Given the ISO 7 layer model, I don't think that
> > > lost packages or synchronization are user's concern even in normal
> > > circumstances.
> > Huh?
> >
> > 1. The ISO 7 layer model isn't relevant to real-world networking.
> > Noone uses OSI.
>
> Mr. Shen, I suggest you read Mike Padlidpsky's "Elements of Networking
> Style", a mid-80's book that debunked the seven-ness wonderfully.
> Likely the funniest technical book ever written.
Don't be silly - the correct way to proceed is that he will propose
various network models based on ISO 7 and we'll explain why they are
utter bollocks.
Cheers,
Ben.
-- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
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