what are the real problems

[Joel M. Halpern]

Actually, these examples illustrate two very different cases.
TCP and UDP do different things.  They both exist for good reasons.

OSPF and IS-IS are so similar it is frankly a shame and a disservice that 
they both exist.

Yours,
Joel M. Halpern

At 09:41 PM 5/24/2003 -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
>JMH> Another major issue with allowing competing efforts is that the 
>results do
>JMH> not interoperate.
>
>TCP and UDP do not "interoperate". IS-IS and OSPF do not interoperate.
>And so on.
>
>Yes, competing efforts usually do not interoperate.  That is what makes
>the phrase "let the market decide" highly non-trivial.  It means that we
>do, in fact, let the market choose based on criteria beyond simple
>technical evaluation.  The alternative is parental and premature.