[ih] The UCLA 360/91 on the ARPAnet/Internet

[Larry Sheldon]

On 5/14/2012 8:02 AM, Tony Li wrote:
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> On May 14, 2012, at 12:43 AM, paul vixie wrote:
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>> i don't see how we'd ever do that. have only one such mechanism, that
>> is. or several that interoperate in ways that don't combine into a
>> hairball similar to the one we have now. we already have dozens of
>> things that work this way for their own walled gardens, each of which
>> exists because of profitability for somebody. doing it universally,
>> interoperably, at internet scale, would by definition lack that incentive.
>
>
> All it takes is one motivated, knowledgeable, altruistic individual to lead the way…

I really feel presumptuous disagreeing in this company, but I must, 
vehemently.

My beef is with "All".

It also takes a company with the major market share to be willing 
(marketing) and able (legal, regulatory) to sell, install, train, and 
maintain; and a using population willing and able to make it work.  We 
are competing with SMS here.


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