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initiating a discussion on mpls singaling protocols

  • From: Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:18:07 -0700

FYI, 

Following is an excerpt from an article published in the July 2002 IEEE communication magazine called "A proposal for an Alternative Standards Setting process":

"... in the absense of a sound basis for the judgement and decision, the adoption of a particular technology by just one firm may encourage others to follow suit. If this happens, chances are that an inferior technology will be adopted, which may suit the initial adaptor but does not necessarily meet other entities' demands. They in turn, will then make their choices solely based on the initial adaptor's policy decision. Little if any experiment with alternative technologies or systems will occur, which will rapidly be discarded. The DOS operationg system was a case in point: one strong player, IBM, chose this system, which did not really represent the state of the art even at that time, and almost all others followed the suit. Obviously IBM gained significant profits from this developement- as did even more so, Microsoft..."

-Shahram