[73974] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Intel calls for Internet overhaul"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom (UnitedLayer))
Thu Sep 9 17:53:20 2004
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:52:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom@unitedlayer.com>
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <BD66375E.3C83%dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Daniel Golding wrote:
> It has become trendy, in some circles,
> performance/congestion/non-deterministic nature/lack of security/<insert
> issue here>. After firmly denouncing the Internet, the company or
> individual then touts their product, which will fix/replace/augment the
> Internet.
Really? Vendors trying to sell useless products? no way!
Its amazing the level of internet snake oil that still persists; and even
more hillarious is what people pay for it. I thought the bubble bursting
would've cut that out, yet still people pay actual dollars for "optimized"
internet routing appliances, and craptacular PC's filled with duct tape
and glue software.
> In the mean time, I've decided to enjoy the Internet in the precious little
> time it has left. (yes, that was sarcasm)
Well, we can always enjoy Internet2...
