On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:00:20PM -0800, Tony Li wrote: > > On Dec 11, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Bob Hinden wrote: > >>> Maintenance and features will need to continue, as fast as we can >>> continue to pump them out. >> >> Maintenance and bug fixing should, of course, continue. A lot a what the >> IETF is doing is new features and at some point that needs to stop. All >> the product transitions I have been involved in require at some point >> stopping working on the old one. It usually painful at the time, but is >> necessary. > > > Feature development is not under the control of the IETF. It is driven by > end users and network operators who have money to spend. > > As always, the IETF is not in a position to dictate the future of the > Internet. It can build consensus, to be sure, but when the IETF decides to > part with that consensus, it becomes irrelevant. Further, the consensus is > weighted by revenue, not by sheer numbers. Today, revenue is highly > slanted towards IPv4 and shows no signs of shifting. If the IETF chooses > to not participate in that process, it can easily be shifted to the ITU.
Nicely said.
Dave
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