From arizona!noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CS.UMD.EDU!chris Tue Dec 19 13:48:11 MST 1989 Article 9627 of comp.protocols.tcp-ip: Path: arizona!noao!asuvax!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!CS.UMD.EDU!chris >From: chris@CS.UMD.EDU (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: A gem from the past Message-ID: <8912130350.AA01529@gyre.UMD.EDU> Date: 13 Dec 89 03:50:59 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 81 The more things change, the more they stay the same.... Chris Date: 24 Dec 1985 03:03:49 PST Subject: Revision of OSI Carol >From: "Vinton G. Cerf / MCI ID: 105-0002" Date: Tue Dec 24, 1985 3:46 am PDT >From: Vinton G. Cerf / MCI ID: 105-0002 TO: * Intermail / MCI ID: 107-8239 Subject: Revision of OSI Carol I added some verses: Oh OSI, oh OSI (to the tune of O Tannenbaum) Oh OSI, oh OSI, Your rules are always changing. Oh OSI, oh OSI, Your rules are always changing. Each year you bring new protocols, More overhead and service calls. Oh OSI, oh OSI Your rules are always changing. Oh OSI, oh OSI, With seven layers burdened. Oh OSI, oh OSI, With seven layers burdened. No matter where I turn to look, There comes another colored book! Oh OSI, oh OSI, With variation, sagging! Oh OSI, oh OSI, The source of my frustration! Oh OSI, oh OSI, The source of my frustration! A plebescite in 92 Will split a layer into two; Oh OSI, oh OSI, Amoebic reproduction! Oh OSI, oh OSI, Eternally unfolding. Oh OSI, oh OSI, Eternally unfolding Oh, can the C C I T T and I S O at last agree On OSI, on OSI, The final net solution? Oh OSI, oh OSI, Ever in negotiation! Oh OSI, oh OSI, Ever in negotiation! Perhaps one day I'll live to see A multi-vendor community! Oh OSI, oh OSI, With endless promise laden. Oh OSI, oh OSI, Your rules are ever changing. Oh OSI, oh OSI, Your rules are ever changing. - Vint Cerf December 1985 -------