> The deployment problem was not due to technical issues, it was because > the Internet changed to only deploy new technology that generated > revenue in the short term. After a lot of thought, I have come to the > conclusion that it wouldn't have mattered what the IETF did, we would > still be facing the same problems. It wouldn't be seriously deployed > until IPv4 address ran out.
perhaps 'engineering' includes thinking about the costs of deployment. perhaps backward compatibility would have reduced the costs. randy, whose $dayjob did deploy very early _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
