The MPLS WG Archive

[Ping Pan <pingpan@juniper.net>]

Neil,

I think what we are trying to do is to have some basic building blocks 
that can solve the problems existing today, and can be used and reused 
in the future. I don't think tools such as ping and traceroute will ever 
go away from the Internet.

Regards,

- Ping

neil.2.harrison@bt.com wrote:

> Hi Ping,  just 1 observation.  regards, Neil
> 
>>I am not interested in working a "Long Term Solution for 
>>Generations to 
>>Come". That's just my personal opinion.
>>
> NH=> This phrase conveys a worrying message to operators that I hope you
> don't really mean(?).  I don't know what your definition of 'generations to
> come' is.....200 years maybe (for humans say, less for fruit-flies etc?),
> but I'd like to think we were producing standards that had some longish-term
> outlook....say 3-5 years at least, otherwise why bother?  If I take what you
> are saying at face value I get the impression you are going to sell me
> expedient solutions that have no long-term viabilty/value and will need
> rapid-cycle updates. I don't like the sound of that wrt capex/opex
> implications, esp in the current climate.
> 
> regards, Neil
> 
>