The traditional way of looking at TCP/IP and OSI would be that TCP/IP would go away and be replaced by OSI. That is clearly not going to happen. One cannot imagine a scenario of a pure transition from TCP/IP to OSI. But parts of the OSI work can be adopted by the Internet.
Predictor: Chapin, Lyman
Prediction, in context:In a 1992 article in Network World, writer Ellen Messmer asks Lyman Chapin about OSI and TCP/IP co-existence: Messmer: “Regarding OSI, how will the Internet accommodate OSI or coexist with TCP/IP?” Chapin: “The traditional way of looking at TCP/IP and OSI would be that TCP/IP would go away and be replaced by OSI. That is clearly not going to happen. One cannot imagine a scenario of a pure transition from TCP/IP to OSI. But parts of the OSI work can be adopted by the Internet. The Internet architecture has evolved, so it’s not pure TCP/IP but not pure OSI.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1992
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Protocols
Name of publication: Network World
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architect Gives Long-Term View
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
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