[73666] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Galbavy)
Tue Aug 31 03:51:26 2004
From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy@knowtion.net>
To: "Lars Erik Gullerud" <lerik@nolink.net>,
"Simon Lyall" <simon@darkmere.gen.nz>
Cc: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:50:31 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Lars Erik Gullerud wrote:
> Then there's always the option to implement something else. Hm, where
> can I order a CARP license again...?
... which is why I think I used VRRP as an example - "ignore and replace" as
opposed to "embrace and extend".
In answer to Mark Borchers' point about the IETF draft mentioning
"reasonable and non-discriminatory", I have the reply from Cisco's dude
(whose name I forget, but I think he reads NANOG) that offers "me" the
license, on non-discrimintory terms, part of which is to never claim against
Cisco for any patent I may hold. That's not reasonable to me. But hey.
I only used VRRP as an example and by no means as the single only one. I
like W3C's way of doing things, and not the IETF's for the moment - but I
suppose the subject line should change to reflect a different area of
discussion... still about the network operators costs though.
Peter
