On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 11:23:06AM -0700, Paul Hoffman / IMC wrote:
The advantage of multicast vs. tape-and-archive is the real-time
aspect for the viewer. However, this is rarely, rarely used. If it
turns out that switching from multicast to tape-and-archive can get
more camera operators in more rooms, that would be a win for more WGs.
This is a great idea! I think I've attended about fifteen IETF's now
and at each one I've been to many multicast sessions but I've never,
NEVER heard a live question from a multicast viewer. Now, perhaps
viewers have been posting questions to their repective mail lists
(I've never seen that, either). But, it seems to me that history
indicates the record is much more valuable than the live interaction.
--aaron