Oops, sorry about the unfortunate juxtaposition of POTP with the SKIP thread. I didn't mean to imply anything more about POTP than that they were around in Boston in case anyone wanted to talk to them. My comments about "proprietary" internetworking protocols related to discussion of Sun's SKIP, not at all to POTP, whose protocol hasn't been published and won't be published if they don't get their patent. I was simply observing that Perry's comment: "...an internetworking protocol [e.g. SKIP] used by only one vendor gets nowhere." is not necessarily true, and pointed to SSL and NFS as counter-examples. -pl Phill wrote:

Both Netscape and Sun had a product that had a large number of seats. From what I have seen the POTP have diddly squat in the way of seats.

Looking at the market today it is clear that there are fewer oppotunities to do that type of roll out. Netscape and Sun were running just ahead of a market. Today I don't see how many people will want to abandon PGP for a product that is indistinguishable from smoke 'n mirrors.

Phill