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Re: Yet another X.400 vs SMTP question

Jock Gill <jgill@nsf.gov> Wed, 02 June 1993 01:29 UTC

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From: Jock Gill <jgill@nsf.gov>
Subject: Re: Yet another X.400 vs SMTP question
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Alan,

I suggest the issue may well be cycle time.  If X.400 takes longer than 1
technology cycle to implement, it is doomed to fall ever further behind,
regardless of its intrinsic qualities.  Look at the American auto industry
in the 80s.

Regards,
Jock

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