Re: Directory Services Activities Report - 10/92

[John Tebbutt <[e-mail]>]

Steve Hardcastle wrote:

> Reporting on the NIST implementation, with statistics of just under two
> operations per day, and claiming this as a pilot, confirms all of the
> worst suspicions on those who ridicule X.500. 

Might I venture to suggest that the stats included with the NIST segment,
while rather low key :-), can at worst only serve to emphasize the impression
of apathy conveyed by the whole DSAR report. Over the last few months, NIST
has been the only consistent contributor to the report, and on at least two
occasions the *only* contributor. The fact that no-one else is contributing
to the report can indicate one of two things: either there is no interest in 
X.500, in which case the NIST stats are representative of a general trend; or
there is no interest in the DSAR itself, in which case the stats are not likely 
to receive wide attention, so why make such a fuss?

The stats are included FYI, and represent the true state of affairs. Our pilot 
is clearly on the back burner at the moment. However, judging by the rest of 
the DSAR report, a lot more is happening here than elsewhere!   

The NIST stats might be a little less conspicuous if they were comfortably 
nestled among their contemporaries. Steve, I look forward to seeing your report
for October this time next month!

JT