On Dec 11, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Bob Hinden wrote:
Maintenance and features will need to continue, as fast as we can
continue to pump them out.
Maintenance and bug fixing should, of course, continue. A lot a
what the IETF is doing is new features and at some point that needs
to stop. All the product transitions I have been involved in
require at some point stopping working on the old one. It usually
painful at the time, but is necessary.
Feature development is not under the control of the IETF. It is
driven by end users and network operators who have money to spend.
As always, the IETF is not in a position to dictate the future of the
Internet. It can build consensus, to be sure, but when the IETF
decides to part with that consensus, it becomes irrelevant. Further,
the consensus is weighted by revenue, not by sheer numbers. Today,
revenue is highly slanted towards IPv4 and shows no signs of
shifting. If the IETF chooses to not participate in that process, it
can easily be shifted to the ITU.
Regards,
Tony
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