Gregory's Server@karlauerbach no! Why did they use that term?
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 @karlauerbach ooooh, yeah, of course! It was nonstandard in that it wasn’t a Global Standard by a Proper Standards Body! I recall Andrew L. Russell writing about this. |
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@karlauerbach ooooh, yeah, of course! It was nonstandard in that it wasn’t a Global Standard by a Proper Standards Body! I recall Andrew L. Russell writing about this. |
@rwg Back in the days when the Internet was still powered by steam engines operated by gnomes, RFCs were more fun - we were just writing notes to our friends.
This RFC was during the onslaught of ISO/OSI - massive specifications without a whit of explanation. It seemed that something so simple as SLIP just wasn't up to carrying the weight of the word "standard".