Re: [mmox] Global Object Identification

[Dave CROCKER <[e-mail]>]

Mike Dickson wrote:
> I like the handle system because its been around for a while, proven to
> scale reasonably well, etc.  


So, the metric I use for scaling, when talking about Internet standards, is many
millions of independent users and at least many thousands of independent
administrations, all participating in the same system.

In other words, a single integrated service that is operated by a very large
number of independent groups and that is used by a couple of orders of magnitude
more of independent groups and people.

I know there are large handle systems, but I don't know of any that satisfy
these criteria.  (By "don't know" I am asking to be educated; I truly don't know
that much about the range of installations for handle.)

For a system that does not already satisfy this requirement, the burden is to
explain why the world should believe that the system will be able to.  And
again, I mean that as a serious request, not an implied criticism or dismissal.

d/
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   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net