I would suggest it is always both. The trend was back to centralization,
but as the devices become more powerful, distributed (offloading, P2P, P2B)
methods are considered again. A constant battle of having a terminal vs
frontend gui client
Facebook itself seems to be reverting to traditional groupware
communications methods. Just last week or so, they just added a REPLY
button and the display now has the "tree" like threads layouts now. They do
beta testing Live too! Its all strangely done, and you can tell they are
still learning the email/group communications curve. Its not in all
renderings also. The mobile version does not show this real estate (screen)
consuming trait. At some point, it has to be single source again (if only
to start saving money).
The IETF can benefit greatly in putting up some servers to host some online
communications methods. I believe it should also offer its own membership
and provide IETF.ORG email accounts as well. :)
--
Hector Santos, CTO/CEO
Santronics Software, Inc.
http://www.santronics.com
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From: "Ted Lemon" <Ted(_dot_)Lemon(_at_)nominum(_dot_)com>
To: "Dean Willis" <dean(_dot_)willis(_at_)softarmor(_dot_)com>
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<Michael_OReirdan(_at_)Cable(_dot_)Comcast(_dot_)com>; "John C Klensin" <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>;
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Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Sufficient email authentication requirements for IPv6
On Apr 3, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Dean Willis
<dean(_dot_)willis(_at_)softarmor(_dot_)com> wrote:
I've tried to imagine using Facebook-like system for IETF work, and it is
strangely compelling ...
It would, however, be nice if it were peer-to-peer rather than monolithic.