以往的经历使网络管理者们认识到,在购买网络产品时一定要注意该产品的技术是否具有广泛的应用性。显然,没有人愿意局限在单一厂商的产品之中。然而,网络厂商不顾这一事实,他们为了自身的利益而甘冒风险。近来,有关网络技术的标准化问题已风靡一时。随着厂商们推出一个又一个类似标准的网络产品时,人们对标准的定义越发感到困惑和复杂。 Solaris在Windows TCP/IP之间的平庸表现即是有关网络技术标准化问题的典型例证。Sun公司声称此问题的发生是因为Microsoft使用了非标准化的TCP/IP。然而,其他大多数Unix平台产品的厂商为了在Windows客户机上取得最佳效果均采用了这一非标准化技术。人们不禁要问:Sun与Microsoft到底是哪家公司使用了非标准化技术? 一项技术的标准是否必须经过IETF或其他行业协会的审查?网络管理人员 Past experience has led network managers to realize that when purchasing network products, it is important to pay attention to whether the technology of the product has a wide range of applications. Obviously, no one wants to be confined to a single vendor’s product. However, network vendors disregard this fact and they take risks for their own benefit. Recently, the issue of standardization of network technology has become all the rage. With the introduction of one standard and another network product by vendors, people have become increasingly confused and complicated about the definition of standards. The mediocre performance of Solaris between Windows TCP/IP is a typical example of the standardization of network technologies. Sun claims that this problem occurs because Microsoft uses non-standardized TCP/IP. However, most other vendors of Unix platform products use this non-standardized technology for the best results on Windows clients. People can’t help but ask: Which company is Sun and Microsoft using non-standard technologies? Does the standard of a technology have to be reviewed by the IETF or other industry associations? Network managers