On 31/07/2013 05:21, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 7/30/13 7:59 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
>> I don't think that's the problem; I think the problem is that most
>> users don't realize how much lack of transparency is harming them.
>> So "transparent Internet access" isn't a commodity. Transparency
>> would be cheaper if there were more demand for it, and there would be
>> more demand for it if people realized how much more utility they'd
>> get out of the Internet if they had it.
>
> <n> decades in, I suspect that if there were going to be demand
> for "transparency" we'd be seeing it by now. If VoIP wasn't the
> kick in the pants that's been needed to change things, it's
> difficult to imagine what else might be.
Users want applications to just work, but they (and many business
managers in our "industry") don't understand that when applications
fail unpredictably, it's often because of glitches in what we call
transparency.
However, we are in an arms race here. Every step to improve transparency
will be met by a further step in middleboxes that nibbles away at
transparency. We've been debating this for 15 years; have you seen
any real change in the balance of power?
Brian