Re: [dc] draft-khasnabish-vmmi-problems-00.txt

[Thomas Narten <[e-mail]>]

> It may be very helpful to bring one or more of these
> proprietary VM migration approaches to IETF for consideration
> for standardization, if that is appropriate.

Well, let's start with this as a premise. Sure, in the utopia of open
standards everwhere, having all this stuff standardized would be
great.

But let's be realistic. Are any of the vendors/implementors of these
systems coming to the IETF saying they want or need a standard? (If
so, I must have missed this.)

If the market heavyweights are not indicating that they will
participate and/or implement such a standard, would anything the IETF
does in this space be relevant? (Based on experience, I fear the
answer is a very clear "no".)

Finally, do we see operators who use the existing systems coming to
the IETF saying they want open standards here? So far, the silence has
been deafening so far...

> Sure, we'll update the draft to articulate these requirements.

Frankly, until and unless the questions above can be answered in a
more positive manner, IMO there is little point in spending any cycles
in this area, other than getting positive answers to the questions.

Or am I missing something?

Thomas