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To: StockMan who wrote (16561)	8/31/1998 9:00:00 AM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Stockman, Never be definitive :-) Its simply not supported in the initial release. Why? Time to market. Whats big -> IP and IPX so these are done first. Is it an issue? - Not really Apple and DECnet Phase IV are much smaller markets. In the overall picture the competition (such as RapidCity/BAY) only supports IP. When other protocols get ported? As required - based on market demand. This choice was made because Appletalk and DECnet Phase IV are typically low bandwidth users that can be supported by the layer 2 switching on the same routers. Few new applications and almost no multimedia apps are being developed on these protocols. Even Apple itself now supports a full (and very robust) IP implementation. John