[Am-info] Consumers get little from Microsoft deal

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:30:38 -0500, Christopher Pall wrote:

>Quite sad really. It could happen. It will take a while but the end always seems
>to come sooner than you would hope. Predictions?
>
>How long before Microsoft releases 'enhancements' to IP6? Or does this already
>exist?
>

I don't think that they can hijack IP6.  There are too many big, serious TCP/IP
stack makers and users on server backbones to ensure adherence to IETF 
standards, or at least make non-compliance very nasty indeed among the bigger
carriers.  M$ is not a carrier in that sense, yet.

I would suspect that the extensions, or as you put it the 'enhancements', will
be closer to the application/HTML/XML/plug-ins, or higher protocol layers 
where Billy-boy can leverage his desktop monopoly.  .NET may only be the 
first salvo with a strategy to gain a direct relationship with users like that that
AOL enjoys.

-- 
Erick Andrews