RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS

"Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com> Mon, 07 March 2011 15:08 UTC

From: "Worley, Dale R (Dale)" <dworley@avaya.com>
To: "Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)" <nurit.sprecher@nsn.com>, Huub van Helvoort <huubatwork@gmail.com>, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:09:57 -0500
Subject: RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS
Thread-Topic: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS
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Given the stiff formality of many of the messages on this topic, and the absence of
description of who did what and why, I suspect the problem is some sort of a split
regarding what approach (or which particular solution) should be taken in OAM for
MPLS.  And that the two factions were probably backed by different commercial interests.
And that one faction had the upper hand within the IETF and the other faction had
the upper hand within the ITU.  The former committee was to provide the ITU faction
with an official or de-facto veto power over the IETF output, so that the ITU faction's
agreement would be required for "IETF consensus".  Eventually, the IETF faction got sick
of the fact that they weren't going to convert the ITU faction to their solution, so the
veto arrangement was summarily terminated from the IETF side, and now the IETF faction
can reach "consensus".

So we will get two standards, one from the IETF and one from the ITU, and the winner
will be determined in the marketplace.  "The great thing about standards is that there
are so many to choose from!"

Dale

My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Russ Housley
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Marshall Eubanks
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Brian E Carpenter
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Huub van Helvoort
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Russ Housley
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Brian E Carpenter
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS David Morris
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS John E Drake
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Worley, Dale R (Dale)
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Ross Callon
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Adrian Farrel
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS t.petch
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Worley, Dale R (Dale)
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Sprecher, Nurit (NSN - IL/Hod HaSharon)
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS t.petch
RE: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Worley, Dale R (Dale)
Re: My comments to the press about OAM for MPLS Phillip Hallam-Baker