On 03/22/2013 09:50 AM, John Curran wrote:
On Mar 21, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Keith Moore <moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Another result is that the Internet architecture has gone to hell, and we're now spending a huge amount of effort building kludges to fix the problems associated with other kludges.... and the new kludges will almost certainly create more problems resulting in a need for more kludges later.
Keith -
While I won't argue with the symptoms you describe, I'm not sure I'd attribute it
to lack of diversity. Both wildly diverse and relatively homogeneous communities
can still bifurcate on multiple approaches to solving any given problem, and if
that happens repeatedly and at multiple layers, then we inevitably end up with a
bit of a mess... What you are seeing is more likely the result of applying relatively
few architectural principles in weeding out possible solutions, i.e. more of the
"let a thousand protocols bloom and the market will decide" approach generally
taken when establishing working groups and deliverables.
I don't think we're in disagreement. I think that more diversity in
IETF would help minimize the risk that some interests were shortchanged,
but I certainly agree that another factor is a lack of understanding of,
and respect for, the effect of certain changes on the Internet architecture.
Have we even tried to identify and advertise those architectural
principles since the early days?
Keith