jnc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Noel Chiappa) wrote on 16.11.04 in <20041117010953.C1C75872D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > From: grenville armitage <garmitage@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> The IETF needs to seriously face the reality of the network that's > >> really out there, not the network some of us wish were there. > > > I know B-ISDN types said the same > > Funny thing you should mention B-ISDN. > > Another group of people who thought that because a major standards > organization wrote specs, and a whole bunch of manufacturers poured a ton > of money into building the gear, it would necessarily take over the world. I don't know about the world, but it's certainly taken over the nation. Everytime someone comes up and says "but just look at how ISDN failed", I go "Huh?! That's a strange way of spelling "was wildly successful"! Just because *you* still use stone-age technology ... MfG Kai _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf