On Wednesday, April 24, 1996 3:44 PM, Paul A Vixie[SMTP:paul@vix.com] wrote: <snip>. @However, the market speaks loudly and those of us who do not listen @to it will find ourselves sidelined. I've never been given permission <snip> I am not sure what you mean by sidelined. As I see it, the Legacy Internet has years and years of life left in it. People will be able to debate everything from how many angels can dance on the head of a pin to whether or not angels exist and should all be given one of the scarce IPv4 addresses. After that, more debates will focus on IPv6. Just as the railroads were augmented by airlines, the Legacy Internet will hopefully be surrounded by more modern designs that have the luxury of building on the successful platform that you helped create. In my opinion, these new designs will demand very little change to the Legacy Internet and this will be good because changes to large systems are always very difficult. New designs will bank on the fact that changes will not likely occur and that people like yourself will keep the "trains" operating long enough for others to get the airlines flying. Fortunately, we do not need clearance (permission) from the railroads to fly over the tops of the trains moving slowly along the tracks. Someday, air traffic control will be needed and I hope that some of your technology is reused. I would hardly call this being sidelined. In the meantime, it does not make much sense to try to attach wings to railroad cars. At best, all we can hope is that the railroads will deliver lots of passengers to the air terminals. These passengers will be searching for more efficient, faster and lower-cost transportation solutions. They may not care if the plane has a V6 or a V8....:-) -- Jim Fleming UNETY Systems, Inc. Naperville, IL 60563 e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net