Re: WORTH READING How the Internet got its rules

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I must comment. Much of the sniping on this list comes from two or  
three of its members. Even got a message that contains sniping often  
contains valuable insights so I let them go forward. But it certainly  
increases the "temperature" of the list

Dave

Begin forwarded message:

From: Steve Crocker <steve () shinkuro com>
Date: April 8, 2009 3:17:50 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: Steve Crocker <steve () shinkuro com>, "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   WORTH READING    How the Internet got its rules

David Reed wrote, "What was remarkably missing from the RFC process  
was the kind of non-constructive sniping that happens on this email  
list and many others.  The IP list would probably not give us a good  
design for any communications system that could change the world.  Of  
course that is not its purpose."

Heh, heh.  Yes, there was indeed much less sniping, but it wasn't  
completely absent.  David's comment caused me to shiver as I recalled  
how I had unwisely written a snide RFC in response to someone who  
missed the subtlety of my deliberately redundant specification.  A  
very short time later, someone else had the pleasure of pointing out  
that I had erred in writing up an algorithm for another arcane  
detail.  I tried to be more circumspect after that.  With the advent  
of email and the expansion of the network community, decorum vanished.

Steve





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