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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