I was just skimming an article on X.400 in Open Systems Today magazine (3/29/93, page 20) and came across a quote by Marshall Rose, well-known expert on OSI: "X.400 is nothing special technically. You can find more cost-effective solutions for..." (Continued on page 24) Flipping the page, I read: "...technology and communications at Wal-Mart." Of course, there was another page of text in between, and Marshall's quote actually finished with "...mail backbones". However, I suspect the unintentional comment may be more correct...
(From the "Rest" of RHF)