On Feb 7, 2013, at 5:07 AM, Hannes Gredler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you think that optimizing a part of the network which gives only limited > overall savings is a worthwhile goal ? Hannes, I'll just point out that this argument that you and Eric are espousing is skirting dangerously close to the quagmire of business. And we know from long experience that the IETF does not do business models. I'd like to strongly suggest that we simply restrict ourselves to the goal of saving power. I think that we can agree, in general, that saving power is a worthwhile goal. As to whether or not it is significant or makes economic sense is very much an issue that should be left to the operator community to decide. Limited overall savings may be worthwhile in one context and pointless in another. I know of one country where they are purportedly mandating power reductions. In such situations, saving that last watt is the difference between a fine and not. On the other hand, in a situation where power is very cheap, it's obviously silly. Let's not argue about the marginal value of energy. That's a business model issue. Let's talk about how technology can actually save power. Regards, Tony _______________________________________________ rtgwg mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/rtgwg
