Michael Mealling writes: > All very deployable and rather easy to build and setup... So is the current system. Why does it have to change? > Well, given the origin of this thread, there are large numbers of > users who consider the current system to be broken. More specifically, there are certain entities that feel they don't have enough control over the system. They don't want a system in which anyone can do anything, even if they don't approve of it personally. Freedom frightens them. > And they have money and power so they're going to find a solution. Translation: They have money and power so they are going to eliminate freedom. > The question is whether this organization is going to be involved in > that answer or not. You can either sit back and feel smug about > thinking your solution is right or you can address the perceived > problems of the users and provide them with technical solutions to > it.... I don't hear too many _users_ complaining about anything. It's mainly corporations and governments who want to control every bit that passes over the Net. _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf