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Re: [idn] Some comments
- To: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
- Subject: Re: [idn] Some comments
- From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:41:55 -0500
- cc: idn@ops.ietf.org
- Delivery-date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 17:42:33 -0800
- Envelope-to: idn-data@psg.com
> What I don't like in your arguments is the focus on protocol specs as
> religious objects, rather than as tools to help implementors provide
> working software to system administrators and users.
and apparently your personal definition of "working" is one that
requires nearly everyone on the network to upgrade their software
(and perhaps even hardware), at your whim, and on your schedule -
or risk breaking critical functionality not only for themselves but
for others as well.
it's a rather strange use of the word.
Keith