@JoeRess @LateNightLinux Your 'What if Linux Torvalds hadn't written Linux?' this week really didn't do the topic justice. All the presenters did it from a narrow view in a Linux bubble. Working in the industry during the 90s, there were a lot of other things to take into consideration and possibilities. There are probably many others like me that could have brought a more diverse insight and arguments to the conversation.

FWIW, the #IPX protocol was from Novell and was part of their NetWare stack. #NetBEUI was the protocol that you were after, while an IBM thing, was part of the Microsoft Windows ecosystem before Winsock TCP/IP and eventually TCP in WfW 3.11 replaced it.