[73965] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Intel calls for Internet overhaul"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joel Jaeggli)
Thu Sep 9 16:41:46 2004
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:33:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu>
To: Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040909201201.D2F1713E14@sa.vix.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Paul Vixie wrote:
>
> update SAN FRANCISCO--The Internet needs to be upgraded with a new layer
> of abilities that will deal with imminent problems of capacity, security
> and reliability, Intel Chief Technology Officer Pat Gelsinger said
> Thursday.
>
> Gelsinger pointed to PlanetLab, an experimental network that sits on top
> of the Internet, as a step in the right direction. Hewlett-Packard and
> Intel have begun work trying to commercialize the project, which was
> started in 2002, in order to overlay the Internet with intelligence and
> adaptability. [...]
Which is ironic given that many visible trends (optical cores, mpls, l2 ip
dslams) point to dumber network devices not smarter ones. maybe they're in
the business of selling microprocessors?
> http://news.com.com/Intel+calls+for+Internet+overhaul/2100-1006_3-5359743.html?tag=nl
>
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