[8790] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Draft paper available: Prioritized queuing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hans-Werner Braun)
Sat Dec 4 23:52:53 1993
From: hwb@upeksa.sdsc.edu (Hans-Werner Braun)
To: bsimpson@morningstar.com
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 20:51:44 PST
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, net-acct@rice.edu
In-Reply-To: <1697.bill.simpson@um.cc.umich.edu>; from "William Allen Simpson" at Dec 2, 93 11:21 pm
>> Our proposal has three elements. First, network routers would queue
>> incoming packets by IP Precedence value instead of the customary
>> single-threaded FIFO. Second, users and their applications would
>
>...
>
>Goodness, you _are_ behind the times. Every router I've worked on in
>the past 4 years has had feature (1).
Not sure what routers you have worked on, if they are commonly used
ones I suggest you reinvestigate your claims before making further
comments on this. If, however, your comment will lead popular vendors
to think "goodness, everyone else has it, let me implement it," then
more power to you.
