Hi Xuesong, > Apologies first if I have missed any history of this discussion. But I’m not > sure that we have to evaluate whether a method is “optimal” before WG > adoption. Why not adopt some alternative solutions and leave the choice to > industry/market?
First off, this is engineering, not theoretical math. Optimal is not the issue. Heck, optimal isn’t even a goal. What we are looking for is value and value that outweighs the complexity. Leaving the choice to the market is a bad idea. The market does NOT make sound technical decisions. It makes pseudo-random decisions not based on technical merits. The canonical example here is VHS vs Betamax. Better technology lost. Second, the market is unduly influenced by marketing. The size of your marketing department exceeds the size of my entire (not tiny) company. And it’s still second to that of Cisco. Marketing does not make good technical and architectural decisions. That’s our job. Tony
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