Why then did the X.400 e-mail standard fail Reasons and lessons to be learned

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-73

  Jakobs, Kai ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

electronic messaging; Internet; OSI; standardisation; standards wars; X.400

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MESSAGING; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MARKET ACCEPTANCE; OPEN SYSTEMS INTERCONNECTIONS; OSI; PARADIGM SHIFTS; STANDARDS BATTLES; X.400;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; STANDARDIZATION;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 84875137384     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jit.2012.35     Document Type: Article

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