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Re: harbinger, Re: [midcom] WG scope/deliverables

2001-02-02 17:40:02
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  *> In other words, that is why the Net never was and resists being be a 
homogeneous
  *> network. It would be a less efficient design.

But the lesson of the Internet is that efficiency is not the primary
consideration.  Ability to grow and adapt to changing requirements is
the primary consideration.  This makes simplicity and uniformity
very precious indeed.

Bob Braden