Re: Internet standardisation remains unilateral

[John Day <[e-mail]>]

I don't always agree with Louis, and he isn't always right (but who 
is?), but I can guarantee that the ensuing discussion with him is 
always enlightening.  ;-)

He has been known for riling feathers of the status quo for a very long time.


At 2:47 AM -0400 10/22/13, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>I know, I know, responding to myself, but a follow-up conversation
>makes me think I should be a little more charitable.
>
>On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:56:41PM -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>
>>  He has just advocated "multiple roots"
>
>This turns out to be a consequence of his (quite correct) observation
>that, for a user, the full context isn't necessary.  We already have
>this notion in the DNS -- that's what the search path function is for.
>M. Pouzin thinks this ought to be much more ubiquitous, in much the
>way that you don't have to dial the full phone path (or anyway, not
>everywhere) every time you call a local number.  From this, he gets
>alternate roots.  So he's not simply being a crank, though I don't
>fully understand how he gets to the conclusion he's reached.
>
>Now, having corrected my previous uncharitable description, I suggest
>that if people want to discuss DNSng, we do it on another list.
>
>Best,
>
>A
>
>--
>Andrew Sullivan
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