The concept of derived from
a need standardization. Many people have
encountered a situation in which they must choose between competing
products. The major problem is that if
you buy BigCorp’s XYZ product, you are tied to that product as your networking
solution.
TCP/IP
is good example of an o pen system for a protocol suite. Through the use of RFCs, all TCP/IP standards
are fully documented. They have been
designated as required or elective components to be included in a vendor’s
implementation of TCP/IP. The goal of TCP/IP is to provide connectivity between
heterogeneous systems. You might have to
make some choices about how you implement the connectivity. By using TCP/IP,
however, you know you have an underlying framework that is available on most
platform.
Be
careful with the term open systems. Many
times it is bandied about as the end-all and be-all almost a religion. Competing products drive the market to come
up with better solutions. If there is
absolutely no difference between product A and Product B, why would you not
always choose the cheaper of the two products?
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