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You still have to pick the right one of the older APIs, though. In the 90s there were plenty of other networking protocols and APIs to choose from but TCP/IP an
by zwieback 3y ago
You still have to pick the right one of the older APIs, though. In the 90s there were plenty of other networking protocols and APIs to choose from but TCP/IP and sockets won out.
- antonvs 3y agoLook at network effects to pick the right tool, API etc. TCP/IP won out because of the internet. The competitors were mostly LAN protocols, like Novell’s IPX/SPX and Microsoft’s SMB, that became superfluous once networks were connected to the internet - none of those protocols had any reason to exist in the presence of TCP/IP. I remember trying to convince a Netware fan of that in the late 90s though - he wasn’t having it.
- zwieback 3y agoand let's not forget about AppleTalk, respectable in its day.