Thanks, But No Thanks

In North America, the integration of ISDN into Windows 95 has made it easier--and probably cheaper--to use ISDN. While we may not agree with all their decisions (such as no Multilink PPP and limited compression support), Microsoft is one of the few vendors with enough clout to lead the way in improving ISDN deployment. I can understand why Microsoft's decision not to support CAPI would be considered a serious oversight in Europe. Unfortunately, CAPI has no widely accepted equivalent in North America. Ours is a fragmented environment where even ISDN network products that are supposed to work together frequently do not. We need a mammoth effort to correct this. That won't come from the U.S. or Canadian governments or from the Regional Bell Operati ng Companies. Microsoft's ISDN implementation is far from perfect, and much more work needs to be done; still, someone has to start somewhere. Credit Microsoft for being willing to try.--Jeffrey Fritz