Hi Italo,
It is much more than a codepoint and ensuring the nodes are provisioned
correctly - which is in itself difficult - especially in large networks.
Here's just a partial list of additional concerns from an operator:
- proprietary protocols perpetuate the use of vendor islands - good for
a vendor/bad for an operator;-(
- each protocol, proprietary or not, for an operator requires testing of
the protocol itself, not just if it works as it should, but also
development and testing of failure scenarios, and the negotiation with
the vendor for fixes. And if it's proprietary, an operator is on their
own for determining bugs, determining the correct fix, testing the fix,
etc, etc.
- OS development - this is probably the biggest hit on time for
deployment and most costly (and it's not just for deployment, it
continues for the lifetime).
Which is why we have standards. I'm sure the others can add many more
(still on my first coffee here) and take a look back over Shane's mails.
