On Mar 19, 2002, 14:50 (+0900) Bruce Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > He is right that this whole project is about the tradeoffs in costs of > > > fixing things and costs incurred when things break. Where you disagree > > > is on the resolution of those tradeoffs. > > > > I do not agree with your conclusion. > > > > Really? I was hoping that we could at least agree on this. OK, let me > analyze the factors that might possibly be relevant to our decision. I was probably too harsh. :-) Yes, we all (?) agree that any solution will be a compromise based on different factors such as the ones you mention: > 1. Cost vs. benefits (including time to market, etc.) > 2. The fact that many people want to do it a particular way. > 3. Our sense that a particular solution is more elegant or nice. > 4. Special interest groups. > 5. The structure of the IETF decision-making process that mandates > that we do things in a way not dictated by 1 through 4. 6. The current use of current protocol. 7. The strictness of current protocol. Mats ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mats Dufberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
