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Re: We should have a Wheel/2 Research Group

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sun, 07 March 2021 01:57 UTC

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Subject: Re: We should have a Wheel/2 Research Group
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On 3/6/21 6:52 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

> "This time, we are going to consider round"
>
> (yes, this is IRTF, but...)
>
>
> One of the most frequent comments on new work proposals is 'no need to 
> re-invent the wheel'.
>
> Well maybe we should do that more often. We have 40 years of path 
> dependence in IETF working groups. Rethinking a protocol from scratch 
> can have unexpected returns that are completely orthogonal to the 
> original idea.

As an exercise, yes.   But probably not with the expectation that the 
new wheel will replace the old one.

Second-system effect is alive and well.

Keith

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