Oh, there's an entirely different feature-length article to be written/found about how packet switching beat circuit switching and the "Internet approach" beat the telco approach. The great innovation of being able to deploy devices at the edges without needing clearance from the center.
I don't think very many people even remember X25. The one survivor from all the X standards seems to be X509?
I don't think very many people even remember X25. The one survivor from all the X standards seems to be X509?