The battle between standards: TCP/IP vs OSI victory through path dependency or by quality?

Maathuis, I.H.J. and Smit, W.A. (2003) The battle between standards: TCP/IP vs OSI victory through path dependency or by quality? In: 3rd IEEE Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, 22-24 October 2003, Delft, The Netherlands, Delft.

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Abstract:	Between the end of the 1970s and 1994 a fierce competition existed between two possible standards, TCP/IP and OSI, to solve the problem of interoperability of computer networks. Around 1994 it became evident that TCP/IP and not OSI had become the dominant standard. We specifically deal with the question whether the current dominance of the TCP/IP standard is the result of third degree path dependency or of choices based on assessments of it being technical-economically superior to the OSI standard and protocols.
Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Copyright:	©2003 IEEE
Faculty:	Management and Governance (SMG)
Research Group:	Science, Technology and Policy Studies (STePS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/46343
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SIIT.2003.1251205
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