I agree with you - "scale" is an engineering consideration. But "cost" (economy), OTOH, is not.
Anyway, this is an overflow discussion from JET. If we wish to take about "scale" problem, lets wait for the draft which JET is preparing first then others can participate the discussion in a more constructive manner. -James Seng ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Seng/Personal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [idn] Re: [JET-member 446] Re: Fw: Re: new members invitation > James, > > Substitute "cost" (or "economy") for "scale". > > As Deng pointed out some _weeks_ ago, the buy-to-exhaustion "solution" to > the SC/TC issue DOESN'T SCALE. The same holds for any contention mechanism, > aka a "DRP". Even when both are "free". > > Remember scaling? > > Cheers, > Eric
