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- From: chris@visionware.co.uk (Chris Davies)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
- Subject: Re: RPC protocol specifications
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.152043.5939@visionware.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 15:20:43 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan16.171627.4522@visionware.co.uk>, I wrote,
- >The RPC protocol is in the public domain, although it was invented at
- >Sun Microsystems.
-
- Nathaniel Mishkin (mishkin@apollo.HP.COM) wrote:
- : one thing that just sends me off the deep end is when people use the
- : terms "RPC" and "Remote Procedure Call" as synonyms for Sun's RPC.
- ..
- : Many other RPC systems have come before and after Sun's.
- ..
- : Sun seems to tend to call their RPC system either "Sun RPC" or "ONC
- : RPC".
-
- Sorry. I do usually try to get my terminology correct.
-
- (I assumed that the original posting was to do with Sun RPC as that's
- what I've been working with lately.) As always, context is vital.
-
- Chris
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