On May 6, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
delay, because nanog meetings only happen N times per year, so an idea may have to wait months before it's widely circulated. congestion, because nanog meetings are of fixed duration and there is, and has to be, competition for the slots, to make the meeting interesting, keep quality high.
From one standpoint, these aren't necessarily unalloyed negatives, as they act as a filter to keep the noise-level down, somewhat. Are we convinced that there's a glut of useful technical/operational information which folks have both the time and inclination to write up, but which they don't due to the perceived lack of an appropriate review/publication mechanism utilized by their intended audience? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com> // +66.83.266.6344 mobile History is a great teacher, but it also lies with impunity. -- John Robb