[83185] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC Issues Rule Allowing FBI to Dictate Wiretap-Friendly Design
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Sat Aug 6 21:57:13 2005
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 15:56:45 -1000
To: Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>>>> It also hobbles technical innovation by forcing companies involved in
>>>> broadband to redesign their products to meet government requirements.
>>> As opposed to hobbling innovation by meeting customer requirements?
>> who's paying the bill? and sorry to hear from a vendor that meeting
>> the customers' requirements is such a negative thing.
> You mistake my meaning, Randy. Implementing features ARE innovation.
> Not hobbling it.
sorry if i misinterpreted.
i opine that some features are innovation and others not. i.e.,
x.25 support on modern kit seems a not innovative and a waste of
resources i would rather see applied elsewhere.
but every feature has its cost in complexity and resources to build
and maintain. resources are finite and complexity has super-linear
cost. so i would much prefer that the vendors concentrate on the
features *i* want <g>. and i am quite skeptical of features which
non-paying non-customers want.
randy
