[rfc-i] More about RFC10k

tony at att.com (HANSEN, TONY L) Tue, 05 April 2016 03:25 UTC

From: "tony at att.com"
Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:25:30 +0000
Subject: [rfc-i] More about RFC10k
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By current estimates, we should be there in 4-6 years. Hopefully at that time Steve can write a new RFC that "Updates RFC 1000".



On 4/4/16, 10:46 PM, "rfc-interest on behalf of Brian E Carpenter" <rfc-interest-bounces at rfc-editor.org on behalf of brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com> wrote:

>I just came across this quote from Steve Crocker in RFC 1000:
>
>>    Where will it end?  The network has the exceeded all estimates of its
>>    growth.  It has been transformed, extended, cloned, renamed and
>>    reimplemented.  I doubt if there is a single computer still on the
>>    network that was on it in 1971.  But the RFCs march on.  Maybe I'll
>>    write a few words for RFC 10,000.