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Re: [mpls] FW: Last Call: <draft-sprecher-mpls-tp-oam-considerations-01.txt> (The Reasons for Selecting a Single Solution for MPLS-TP OAM) to Informational RFC

2011-10-06 09:59:44
the ietf, and i hope all sdos, are supposed to provide users with
interoperable multi-vendor choice, not non-interoperable multi-standard
incompatibility.

from a sic year old broadside <https://archive.psg.com/051000.ccr-ivtf.pdf>

    The IETF’s vendor/market approach has engendered a ‘let the market
    decide’ culture.  Instead of hard- thought, rigorous, and simple
    designs, every possible feature gets added and many competing
    proposals are approved.  This last is like throwing spaghetti at the
    wall to see what sticks, an amusing tactic to everyone but the wall.

    The operators are the wall.  And they pay capital cost and
    operational expense to deploy complex features which vendors market
    as needs to the users. And then everyone wonders why the margins
    went down and the prices stayed up.

randy
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