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To: Curtis E. Bemis who wrote (3757)	11/11/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

Curtis - I think you answered your own question. You stated the IOS source code is not open to the public in the same sense Windows source code is not open. The difference between Open IP and IOS is the same as the difference between Windows and Unix. One is open and can be licensed. The other is closed and cannot be licensed.

To: Curtis E. Bemis who wrote (3757)	11/11/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

Hi Curtis - I think you ask the wrong people. Well, let me back track <G>, there are probable technie in our midst, but I for one am not. I must apologize I misunderstand your 1st post, when you proclaimed OI[E] is a non sequitur, which led me to believe [alas erroneously, on my part] that you knew what it is. Anyway, a name is a name. These days, everyone wants to use a fantastic name, Nortel notwithstanding. Since you are in the field, maybe you can inquire with your colleagues - or even friendly competitors, to see if there is any meat to it. But personally I wouldn't want to get bog down by a name. After all, there are many softwares out there called universal-this or universal-that, they are obviously not universal in an absolute sense. Just my gut feeling best, Bosco