Re: Re: VoIP peering & routing protocols (revisited)

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> Of course, complexity vs functionality is a tradeoff that cannot
> be ignored. However, in a competitive environment like VoIP
> market (where real money are exchanged and thus there are a lot
> of issues to be tackled) complexity is inherent.

oh?  and why?  because money breeds bad architecture, crappy
design, ...?  this is the bellhead mind-set trap.  this is why the
margins are gone from the wire-line and now wireless telcos.
perhaps different architectural models might be considered this
time around, where complexity is taken as a sign of looking at
things in the wrong way.

for an understanding of some of the physics behind bad software
engineering, see, for example

  <http://www.geometer.org/sgi/usability.html>

randy


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