On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 sth...@nethelp.no wrote: > > I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it > > couldn't possibly be more open than RIP. > > Probably because it was (at the time) in heavy "competition" with the OSI > IS-IS routing protocol. Those standards were *not* openly available. (I > believe they are now.)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but OSPF stands for Open Shortest Path First, and thus "Open" in this context would have nothing to do with how "free" it is. -- Chris Dillon - cdil...@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdil...@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
