what are the real problems

Keith Moore moore at cs.utk.edu
Fri May 23 11:35:58 CEST 2003


> and sometimes trying to resolve two conflicting approaches in order to
> get that single solution means that nothing gets done - see, for example,
> the attempt to come up with the one true multicast routing protocol -
> progress was made when the requirement for a working group to agree
> on just one solution was removed

> the IM area is another case where forcing a one true solution route would
> have been counter productive

as I understand it these are very different situations - weren't the multicast
routing protocol differences a result of wanting to solve different problems
(or at least the same problem in different environments)?  whereas the
differences in the IM area seemed to lack technical justification.
 


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