RE: Outgoing SMTP Servers

[Brian Johnson <bjohnson () drtel com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:24 AM
> To: Brian Johnson
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: Outgoing SMTP Servers
>
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:53:34 -0000, Brian Johnson said:
>
> > It is interesting that some people who fully understand that the Internet is
> > composed of many networks run by people with different interests can say
> what
> > is best for the Internet as a whole. How my organization (or yours or
> anybody
> > else's) runs our network, is between us and our paying users.
>
> The fact that a behavior is "best" for your network does in no way, shape, or
> form, say anything about what's best for the Internet as a whole.  In fact,
> it's well-understood that there are entire classes of behaviors that are
> optimal for single actors, but fail when deployed widely.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

So... I'm in complete agreement with your statement, but The Wikipedia reference is not pertinent (and a little 
sophomoric). :)