RE: [RRG] RRG process clarification

[Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com>]

> Again, we should focus on our primary requirements.

Fully agree. IMHO, economics is just an application of E=mc^2 to a society, i.e. any economic system that does not comply would eventually collapse. With regard to the Internet the "correct" theory hopefully will capture relevant vectors of energy thus guiding the implementers on many fronts including economics.

Thanks, Peter

--- On Mon, 4/21/08, Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> wrote:

> From: Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li>
> Subject: RE: [RRG] RRG process clarification
> To: pesherb@yahoo.com, "'Christian Vogt'" <christian.vogt@nomadiclab.com>
> Cc: "'Lixia Zhang'" <lixia@CS.UCLA.EDU>, "'Routing Research Group Mailing List'" <rrg@psg.com>
> Date: Monday, April 21, 2008, 4:27 PM
> |> Consideration of economic principles is, IMVHO,
> important
> |> to arrive at the right theory. 
> |
> |Christian, yes economics are important and, IMO, the basic
> 
> |directional guidelines to the implementers should come
> from 
> |the designers. E.g. economic questions persistently
> surface on 
> |various IETF lists (see the latest p2p workshop
> announcement) 
> |while officially IETF does not comment on such. RRG seem
> to 
> |have more leniency here but firstly RRG may want to have a
> 
> |consensus on whether economics become a part of the 
> |discussion. On my side I would be glad to discuss on
> and/or 
> |off list, whichever helps.
> 
> 
> Discussion of economics are certainly relevant and welcome.
>  From a
> pragmatic point of view, it's helpful to understand the
> implications of what
> we're doing.  However, IMVHO, perfect economic parity
> is a non-goal.  For
> one thing, it may not be achievable.  For another, it may
> pervert the
> technical solution into a non-workable result.  We've
> seen entire countries
> collapse as a result of that effect, so let's not
> repeat it here.  Finally,
> what is economically perfect today is unlikely to retain
> its economic
> balance in the long term.  Change that happens and disturbs
> the economics
> should not cause the architecture to become unworkable.
> 
> Again, we should focus on our primary requirements.
> 
> Regards,
> Tony
> 
> 
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