Xah Lee's Unixism

[Morten Reistad]

In article <2tjvj0ttc99io295ecg2l86lc2h4tug1jc at 4ax.com>,
Reynir Stefánsson  <reynirhs at mi.is> wrote:
>So spake Anne & Lynn Wheeler:
>
>>OSI can support x.25 packet switching and/or even the arpanet packet
>>switching from the 60s & 70s .... but it precludes internetworking
>>protocol. internetworking protocol (aka internet for short) is a
>>(non-existant) layer in an OSI protocol stack between
>>layer3/networking and layer4/transport. misc. osi (& other) comments
>>http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#xtphsp
>
>Wasn't the idea behind ISO/OSI that there should be One Network for
>everybody, instead of today's lot of interconnected nets?

There were provisions for many networks; but it was a design that
requires (large) service providers; aka Phone Companies to provide
service. 

Self-provisioning like we do all the time on the Internet was difficult.

-- mrr