[16321] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN Services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Apr 20 12:32:34 1998
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:24:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: "David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
> it'd be nice if the registries mirror each other. Unfortunately, the
> technology to do so does not yet exist [back! back! down! (fighting off
> another attack of cynicism)]. RIDE -- it's not just a good idea,
> it's... umm, well, it's a good idea.
it was a good idea. then it decided to be a wonderful expansive design
by committee, as opposed to sticking to the simple goal.
as we have never seen this kind of committee failure mode before, one can
understand why this mistake has been made. <dripping sarcasm>
rady
