----- Original Message ----- From: "TOMSON ERIC" <Eric.Tomson@siemens.atea.be> To: <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> Cc: <ietf@ietf.org>; <isdf@isoc.org> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: RE: Palladium (TCP/MS) > -----Original Message----- > From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu] > > On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:09:10 +0200, TOMSON ERIC said: > > > Please read the 2 following links, then answer 2 simple questions : > > - Is Palladium (TCP/MS) a real/serious threat? > A real/serious threat to whom? > > To the Internet community. All users connected to the Internet. You and me. How could the Internet still be "for everyone" if it actually belongs to "one"? > > > > - Do we have to be afraid of it? > Who is "we"? > > All the Internet users. Companies, organizations, corporate users, home users. > > > My personal take is that it's a serious threat, but not in the IETF venue. There are plenty of lists already discussing it, bring the topic up there... > > The IETF is explicitly named in one of the 2 links. And suppose that the majority of PC users connected to the Internet stop using TCP/IP and replace it with TCP/MS... What would be the role of the IETF in such a picture? What kind of influence would the IETF have on µ$oft? What if TCP/IP just disappears? Don't WE have to be afraid of an Internet under one private monopolistic control? > It *is* the IETF's concern. It is the Internet Society's concern. TCP/IP *must* be able to compete and that is IETF and IESG's responsibility.