On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:17:33 -0700, Swingman wrote
(in article ):

"Bruce" wrote in message

I can network all sorts of devices with products from a wide range of
vendors. Are they capable of being hooked up to the internet? probably not
unless I adhere to internet standards. Are they still a network standard?
yup!

Read what I said earlier about disparate networks, then tell me that being
bogged down in semantics is not causing your myopia.

Hmmm, I googled "disparate" and got no hits. I jumped in on your statement
that Appletalk (ATCP) is not a standard when even the IETF has a working
group dedicated to it.

Of course it is outdated, but seeing how millions of machines and devices
worked with it for years as a network, calling it rediculous is akin to
calling RS232 ridiculous.

to suggest that AppleTalk is a
"networking standard" in the industry is as laughable as it is
ridiculous.