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Re: NAT64/NAT-PT update in IETF, was: Re: Important New Requirement for IPv4 Requests [re "impacting revenue"]


From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:11:10 -0400

Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
Depends on the issue. Sometimes bad ideas get traction in the IETF, it's hard to undo that. ....

That's an understatement.


Also don't expect too much from IETF participation: if doing X is going to make a vendor more money than doing Y, they're going to favor X, even if Y is the superior solution.

Some wag around here re-christened it the IVTF (V stands for Vendor, not
Victory). ;-)  I haven't bothered to go in years....


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