general availability has nothing to do with "being used"
the OSI protocol implementations were available on all major
platforms at the time. that didn't get them used by people.
are you the same Keith Moore who hops around every time anyone
goes near the end-to-end thing??
if "two ships in the night" is an acceptable transition strategy,
then why did we place all the stupid compatability rules on
the protocols??
this whole thing is intellectually bankrupt.
many good ideas were shouted down because they didn't meet
some Athenean standard purity, yet when the sanctified answer
is found to have a much worse case of Failure to Solve the
Real Problems, those standards are completely suspended and
victory is declared again and again without regard to history.
Ya know, if we'd just done TUBA, we'd have gotten to this
degree of non-success MANY YEARS sooner and with a lot less
wasted effort. then the effort and time would have been
available to pursue a real Plan B.
but that was then, this is now.
In the movie "Animal House", in the closing sequence where
the homecoming parade is being decimated by the unwelcomed
arrival of a swift kick of reality, the Junior Deputy Chief
of Truth Management is seen in quick cut after quick cut,
jumping up and down, screaming "All is well!!!!" louder and
with more anguish each time, until he's finally bowled over.
What does this have anything to do with the current situation.
Oh nothing, nothing at all.
cheers,
-mo