PPP being basically an "encapsulation" protocol for point to point serial
communication, for configuring TCP/IP over PPP, and being "apples and
oranges" when it comes to AppleTalk network layer protocol, I am not sure
what your point is, nor what the relevance is, with regard to the statement
above?



Basically there is no "networking standard". A lot of protocols, but with
infiniBand, firewire, Myranet, etc. there really is no "standard", just a
bunch of choices.

-Bruce