Eric, > Please read the 2 following links, then answer 2 simple questions : > - Is Palladium (TCP/MS) a real/serious threat? Lets not forget that M$ has been passing all TCP/IP traffic through a tunnel in port 139 for years now. Lets not forget Appletalk. Lets not forget Netware. Open standards survive... proprietary standards get doomed to antiquity. > - Do we have to be afraid of it? Do we have to be afraid of anything? What was that Frank Herbert line? "Fear is the mind killer. I will face my fear and permit it to pass over me and through me..." Personally, I'm not worried. Scott > > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010802.html > <http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010802.html> > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020627.html > <http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020627.html> > > E.T. > -- > Eric Tomson, > ICT Trainer & Consultant > CCNA, MCSE & Network+ certified > > IC MP TI > Training Institute > Learning Services > > Marketing Department > Siemens Information and Communications > Huizingen/Beersel > > <http://www.ic.siemens.be/ti> www.ic.siemens.be/ti > Eric.Tomson@Siemens.Atea.be <mailto:Eric.Tomson@Siemens.Atea.be> > +32 2 5365837 > > www.wallonie-isoc.org <http://www.wallonie-isoc.org/> > Eric.Tomson@BruTele.be <mailto:Eric.Tomson@BruTele.be> > +32 478 883451 > > -- Revolt now. +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!