Re: [Dcrouting] DC Routing requirements draft

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Wed, 01 November 2017 04:36 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Dcrouting] DC Routing requirements draft
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> Randy, I don't understand your questioning the concept that
> enterprises might run their own data centers instead of or in addition
> to the well known public data center services.

this may be because i made, or at least intended, no such assertion.

yes, enterprises sometimes have datacenters on the side.  and data
centers almost always have enterprises on the side, if only to churn out
the billing, but usually more.

> The two problems are different.

and here we agree.  though, i suspect some folk think they have a
univerdsal solvent.  as it has yet to be revealed, it is premature
to judge.

randy