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RE: modifying top
Date forwarded: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 20:20:04 -0700 (PDT)
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From: "Kim Fenley" <kfenley@ozemail.com.au>
To: <ietf-ldapext@netscape.com>
Subject: RE: modifying top
Date sent: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:21:07 -0000
Forwarded by: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
> A view from the silent majority
>
> I find this whole area of TOP being buggered by the IETF (which is an
> abstract point under the ITU/ISO X.500 standard) abhorrent.
Kim
Whilst I agree with a lot of what you said below, I dont agree with
the above. I dont think anyone in the IETF has proposed altering
standard object classes.
> Just becauce
> Microsoft gets it wrong everyone is now trying to work around a problem
> that isn't.
Microsoft did one of two things, they either
a) screwed up with TOP because they did not really understand
what they were doing, or
b) they did it on purpose to make interworking more difficult
YOu can choose whichever of the above you want to believe :-)
David
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