From: broehl@sunee.waterloo.edu (Bernie Roehl) Subject: Re: TECH: My standard is better than your standard! Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 03:53:53 GMT Message-ID: Organization: University of Waterloo In article <1992Jul1.031727.24190@u.washington.edu> snoswell@ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Snoswell) writes: >I reckon this is the crux of the matter really. It doesn't matter what >machine you have or what language it uses to implement the connection to >the other machines is. The final communication layer will be based on >the protocol for the communication between all these different machines >and programming can be done in *that*. Yes -- and if we can define such a protocol, we've made a major step. >I can't agree more with Bernie on the standards issue. I would love >it if we could all take a week out for a coffee table conference to >drum out the details once and for all and to set this standard for >all to use. That'd be great. Of course, you're in Australia and I'm in Canada -- much as I'd like to come visit, I'm afraid it's "virtually" impossible right now. >In fact discussions like this would be handled well in VR conferencing Someday... maybe someday soon, if we can work out the protocols! In the meantime, this discussion is proceeding well. I'd kind of like to see more than just the three of use (Jeremy, Michael and myself) putting ideas in, though. Anyone else got anything to add? C'mon -- speak up! -- Bernie Roehl, University of Waterloo Electrical Engineering Dept Mail: broehl@sunee.waterloo.edu OR broehl@sunee.UWaterloo.ca BangPath: uunet!watmath!sunee!broehl Voice: (519) 885-1211 x 2607 [work]