Bob George wrote:
> 
> "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com> wrote:
> 
> > anybody got some good examples of failed prop protocols?
> >
> > Examples:
> > DECnet
> 
> Hey now. DEC probably failed for trying to adopt OPEN standards (OSI). Their
> proprietary stuff was quite successful in it's day. In fact, there are still
> plenty of occasions where I have to accomodate LAT for one reason or
> another. If you're going to write off DECnet that way, you have to include
> SNA (IBM) and IPX (Novell), although they too were quite successful at one
> time. Don't forget that Novell and AT&T proposed an "internet alternative"
> (name forgotten) that would supercede the Internet.
> 
> > the 56k modem standards prior to standardization
> > html "standards" that issued from companies/browsers rather than the W3C
> 
> Sony's 3 inch diskette standard
> LS-120 zip disk alternative based on IDE interface (possible argument here)
> MCA IBM's Microchannel
> 
> I dunno, maybe you're after more protocol-oriented. I guess you COULD
> include OSI if you want, at least up to layer 4.
> 
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As someone who owns 2 macintosh computers (long live the cube - I have
OSX 10.1 on the way - don't ask me why), and has in the past owned 8
track tapes and a Beta system, I feel inordinately qualified to comment
here...

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Craig