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On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 06:35:12PM -0700, Vadim Antonov wrote: [..] > I think the _best_ way for an operator to earn money is called "customer > retention". No implementation costs, little operational costs; a cash > cow. In my opinion, the best way to keep customers is not to offer new > features on a flaky network, but to have network to be truly dependable. [..] Ideally, customers will never ask for anything new, nobody will ever invent a better mousetrap, nobody will ever come up with a more efficient way of doing something. I think that's called paradise. This isn't about chasing a reality that doesn't exist. It's about managing the risk of evolving an infrastructure. And it is possible to evolve the network while maintaining stability. Quite frankly, I don't see what this has to do with 2547(bis) architectural viability anymore. -- Christian Kuhtz <[email protected]> -wk, <[email protected]> -hm Sr. Architect, Engineering & Architecture, BellSouth.net, Atlanta, GA, U.S. "I speak for myself only."
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