OSI: will it ever see the light of day?
Peter Moloney · The Australian Library Journal · 1997
A review of competing interests in the world of computers and standards. Recent literature regarding Open System Interconnections (OSI) has focused on issues of viability and necessity. A number of aspects will be examined with a view to postulating future developments for OSI. It will be seen that the promise of OSI has been bold and ambitious; but that its delivery has been significantly delayed beyond initial projections. Its potential to ever see the light of day is indeed questionable. However, for a great many communications experts, sooner would be far more preferable to later.