*> From owner-ietf-outbound(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org Wed Jul 5 08:58:47 2000
*> To: "Parkinson, Jonathan" <Jonathan(_dot_)Parkinson(_at_)compaq(_dot_)com>
*> cc: "'ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org'" <ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org>,
J(_dot_)Crowcroft(_at_)cs(_dot_)ucl(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk
*> Subject: Re: Is WAP mobile Internet??
*> In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jul 2000 15:15:13 BST."
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*> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 16:19:23 +0100
*> From: Jon Crowcroft <J(_dot_)Crowcroft(_at_)cs(_dot_)ucl(_dot_)ac(_dot_)uk>
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*> In message
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*> "Parkinson, Jonathan" typed:
*>
*> >>I disagree, WAP, Wireless Application Protocol, Its a way of
transmitting
*> >>data I.E. to and from the Web. How does this not fall under the Internet
*> >>Umbrella ?
*>
Jon Postel would have said: If it speaks IP (UDP/TCP are not
necessary), then it's Internet, else not.
However, during the 1980s the IAB tried to float the concept of an
extended Internet defined by email connectivity.
Bob Braden