Simon; > We all know what the end-to-end principle means. It's (reportedly) THE > guiding principle of the IETF, and THE guiding principle of IETF design > decisions. The problem I am trying to demonstrate with this dictionary > analysis, is that average non-indoctrinated person needs to travel a > long way from the simple word "end" in order to get to the definition > that the IETF actually means. Wrong. It is the principle of not the IETF but the Internet. As you should recognize, most, if not all, of recent activity of IETF is against the principle, against which, the Internet is operated. Well organized standardization body such as IETF is an intermediate intelligent entity between end users and the Internet. That is, according to the principle, an intermediate intelligent entity of IETF MUST be removed. Masataka Ohta