Stephen Tsun <snt@nsd.3com.com> Tue, 02 February 1993 17:05 UTC

Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1993 09:04:44 -0800
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From: Stephen Tsun <snt@nsd.3com.com>
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> From postman@lists.psi.com Tue Feb  2 00:59:30 1993
> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 93 03:41:07 EST
> From: martillo@nero.clearpoint.com (Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo Ajami)
> To: ietf@cnri.reston.va.us, snmp-sec-dev@tis.com, snmp2@thumper.bellcore.com,
>         snmp@psi.com
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> 
> So why is the attrocity of SNMPv2 being foisted on the Internet
> community?
> 
> Well, suppose you had a company whose raison d'e^tre was to provide
> SNMP agents, and the world was realizing SNMP just wasn't rocket
> science?
> 
> Suppose you made money writing a book on SNMP and wanted to come out
> with a second edition?
> 
I fail to see how we can improve on the state of things by making 
such unfair accusations...   The SNMP contributors might be strong-willed,
but I never got the impression of profiteering.  It is one thing to
disagree with the process of SNMPv2, it is another to make distasteful
personal attacks.  

(PS.  I do not always agree with the SNMP authors, but I really feel
that this last batch of "hate" mail is going too far.)

So can we get back to "working together"?

Steve Tsun, 3Com

> Have people ever heard of Soderblom and the Token Ring patent or DEC
> and the 48 bit CRC patent application?
> 
> Let's all look up the word profiteering in the dictionary.
> 
> -- 
> Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo Ajami
> 
> The article represents noone's opinions other than the author's.
>

Stephen Tsun