[Os-project-managers] Fork in the Road

[Horand Gassmann]

Hi guys,

Let me add another thought. This whole discussion has been extremely  
stimulating, and it has made me realize that there is a fundamental  
difference between input and output methods as far as encapsulation is  
concerned. We do not have the same problem with the OSoL format,  
because we can always pass the entire OSoL file down the line. The  
server reads its pieces, but it does not have to "decapsulate" the  
parts that need to go to the server. You pay the price of a bit of  
redundancy, because what the server passes to the solver has  
information we know to be useless, but that is trivial. It's the  
return path that is hard.

Cheers

gus