Re: [mif] Server selection document is "band-aid" not solution

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Fri, 18 November 2011 02:13 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
To: Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>
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Subject: Re: [mif] Server selection document is "band-aid" not solution
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On Nov 18, 2011, at 4:39 AM, "Keith Moore" <moore@network-heretics.com> wrote:
> Seriously, dual-facing servers are the implementation artifacts.  It's an accident that they work at all.

Sorry, Keith, I'm having trouble parsing this.   If you have a point to make, it would help if it involved statements about things that work or don't work, and explanations as to why, not characterizations of the origins of various pieces of software and your opinion of their ontological status.