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From: secrist@msdsws.DEC.COM (Richard Secrist, Digital Equip. Corp. USA)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: HST vs. Hayes
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Date: 18 Sep 88 20:00:22 GMT
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	Standards aren't just "awarded" to someone -- that's silly.
	Besides, even if the Hayes protocol were adopted by some
	committee, that won't make the HSTs quit working, nor will
	it sway the presently installed base.  For example, although
	the Bell-212A is by far the most prolific 1200 bps standard,
	many people still support and use the Racal-Vadic VA3400
	protocol (e.g. Tymnet) which some consider to be better
	error-correction wise -- it may not be a growth market but
	it is still strongly alive out there in the real world.

	rcs