[144751] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sun Sep 18 10:50:37 2011
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:49:48 +0200
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
In-Reply-To: <CC163246-EEE5-44D0-8651-2555FBC4DC32@arin.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>>>> one to post overly aggressive defensive messages on nanog
>>> I am not convinced that Mr. Bush is best placed to comment on this
>>> particular issue.
>> you seem to have a problem differentiating defense from offense. i
>> recommend you not play chess. :)
> Randy is perfectly right in expressing his concerns about the registry
> system that we've built (as long as its on a mailing list which
> supports the topic), since we're doing a function on behalf of the
> entire Internet community and spending everyone's money in the
> process. While it may not matter to him a bit, I'll defend his (and
> anyone's else right) to critique the quality and cost effectiveness of
> the job we're doing.
thanks. :)
i suspect some folk may be missing a few clues here. first is that you
and i have been friends since the late '80s. second is that i was a
founding board member of arin. and third, there is the concept of the
loyal opposition.
i just think that we, as a culture, have let things get waaaay out of
whack. john is paid to defend the status grow.
randy
