Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!msdsws.DEC.COM!secrist From: secrist@msdsws.DEC.COM (Richard Secrist, Digital Equip. Corp. USA) Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc Subject: HST vs. Hayes Message-ID: <8809182000.AA02367@decwrl.dec.com> Date: 18 Sep 88 20:00:22 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 12 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