[104309] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NANOG] OSPF minutia, and, technote publication venues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Mon May 5 21:06:35 2008
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <g3ej8g1qcc.fsf@sa.vix.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 08:06:07 +0700
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On May 6, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
> delay, because nanog meetings only happen N times per year, so
> an idea may have to wait months before it's widely circulated.
> congestion,
> because nanog meetings are of fixed duration and there is, and has
> to be,
> competition for the slots, to make the meeting interesting, keep
> quality high.
From one standpoint, these aren't necessarily unalloyed negatives, as
they act as a filter to keep the noise-level down, somewhat.
Are we convinced that there's a glut of useful technical/operational
information which folks have both the time and inclination to write
up, but which they don't due to the perceived lack of an appropriate
review/publication mechanism utilized by their intended audience?
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