Re: IPv4 Outage Planned for IETF 71 Plenary

[Bob Braden <braden at ISI.EDU>]

> Closer to home, let's start specifying standardized user interface details 
> for Internet applications.


Dave,

I think that we should tap expertise and enthusiasm where we find it 
concentrated.
Can you say, "Make IETF fun again"? ;-)


> Going beyond it might be fine, but only with due deliberation.  The 
> likelihood of unintended consequences is essentially 100% and the track 
> record for unintended consequences is that they are mostly undesired.


Weeeelll, that sounds nice, but I think it is too gloomy.  I can well 
imagine the UC's being quite desirable.


> I think that approaching it as anything other than needing quite a lot of 
> planning and guidance -- as opposed to the sink-or-swim model with which 
> it was put forward -- is particularly risky.


+++1

Don't underestimate community momentum.

Bob


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