[85400] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent move without renumbering
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Sat Oct 8 16:44:28 2005
In-Reply-To: <434808C3.8020807@greendragon.com>
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 16:43:54 -0400
To: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Oct 8, 2005, at 1:58 PM, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>
>> Since you and Randy clearly
>> have different definitions of "ISPs that matter", can we not
>> spend 100 posts on what would be two people arguing different
>> sides of different points?
>> The sad part is you knew (or at least should have known, if you
>> honestly believe your opinion os worth wasting over 10,000
>> people's time) what Randy meant.
>>
> Since I started the thread subject, and the phraseology was given by
> Bill Woodcock, I'm pretty sure _I_ know what _I_ was talking about.
I was not questioning that you knew what you meant.
> And suspected that Randy talking about something else or being
> otherwise
> pedantic (as has been his forte from time to time), so explicitly
> asked:
>
> # Perhaps you are quibbling ...
So you admit you knew that Randy and you different definitions,
making the thread an argument over semantics rather than something
operationally relevant.
> This thread is about how to do massive moves quickly, without
> renumbering and without damaging the routing tables.
The thread might have been. Your post was not.
> Your other posts seemed to be more realistic. Let's keep the eye on
> the operational ball.
Wish I could say the same.
Talking about how to move that many people that quickly isn't really
operational, since is not going to happen - even if it were
technically possible. But at least it's close. Arguing over
semantics is not.
--
TTFN,
patrick
