Re: Relational vs network vs hierarchic databases
From: Tony Douglas <tonyisyourpal_at_netscape.net>
Date: 12 Nov 2004 02:05:01 -0800
Message-ID: <bcb8c360.0411120205.19fee055_at_posting.google.com>
Date: 12 Nov 2004 02:05:01 -0800
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guntermann_at_verizon.net (Dan) wrote in message news:<3e68f717.0411101058.1a27498_at_posting.google.com>...
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> The interfaces and layer interactions don't seem to be as clean as the
> reference model, but the functions/services within the protcol stack
> implementation are virtually the same, just not necessarily in the
> same places or called the same things. Again, its a model vs.
> implementation issue, I think.
>
Remembering it's about 10 years since I last cared deeply about this stuff... if I remember correctly, TCP & IP wouldn't have fitted into the originally proposed OSI model pretty much at all, and the final model was fiddled to make it fit somewhat, as TCP & IP were already well and truly off and running.