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pseudohadamard • today at 1:58 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

  X.500 was stripped down to form LDAP
No, LDAP was a student project from UMich that somehow gained mindshare because (a) it wasn't ISO, and (b) it cleverly had an 'L' in front of it. It's now more complex and heavyweight than the original DAP, but people think it isn't because of that original clever bit of marketing.

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lukeh • today at 5:40 AM

Well, it started off simpler, but, yes.

otabdeveloper4 • today at 11:23 AM

It's still lightweight. I implemented a working implementation on a literal weekend.