pausable explanation for the Document Series

[Bound, Jim]

And I agree with Charlie.
/jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlie Perkins [mailto:charliep at IPRG.nokia.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 10:15 AM
> To: Keith Moore
> Cc: problem-statement at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: pausable explanation for the Document Series
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Keith,
> 
> Keith Moore wrote:
> 
> >>>Perfection doesn't work.  Shipping products and getting 
> bug reports 
> >>>works.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Agree 100%.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Disagree 100%.  It costs much more to fix bugs after 
> shipping product 
> >than it
> >does to do so beforehand.  Forcing customers to accept the 
> costs of poor
> >protocol design is just irresponsible.
> >  
> >
> You seem to assume that the customers are going to sit around waiting.
> 
> Most will buy a system that works, and the perfect product 
> will, after a three year delay, be a footnote in history.
> 
> And that's where recent IETF protocol efforts may be heading.
> 
> I agree with Bob and Jari.
> 
> Regards,
> Charlie P.
> 
>