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Re: "The IETF has difficulty solving complex problems" or alternatively Why IMS is a big fat ugly incomprehensiable protocol

Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com> Wed, 14 September 2005 21:12 UTC

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From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 23:11:50 +0200
To: Pekka Nikander <pekka.nikander@nomadiclab.com>
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Subject: Re: "The IETF has difficulty solving complex problems" or alternatively Why IMS is a big fat ugly incomprehensiable protocol
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On 13-sep-2005, at 14:32, Pekka Nikander wrote:

> So, as I state in my little web page, I think we really should work  
> hard to create a new waist for the architecture.   I, of course,  
> have my own theory where the new waist should be and how it should  
> be implemented,

Well, don't be shy: where can we absorb these insights?

(As far as I can tell the "architecture" that so many IETFers ignore  
is "anything that doesn't cause too much visible breakage goes",  
against which resistance is exactly the right response.)

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