[ga] Re: How do you "rebid" a cartel ?

[eric@hi-tek.com]

That is it!

That is stone cold rock solid get in my face and get it done stuff.

This here is truth and right.

You guys get it done and tell me what is wrong and let me deal with the "thugs and
insiders and all other means of total jackasses".

Now would you give some elaboration on this thing called a rebid.  should we ask
for it or not?
Time is short.

e

best wishes to mothers

Jim Fleming wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jefsey" <jefsey@club-internet.fr>
> >
> > 1. you never replace anything, you build in parallel and outdate the
> > previous solutuion.
>
> Jefsey,
>
> I totally agree, we have to be practical. People that have been designing
> telecommunication protocols for the past (too many) years, are fully aware
> of the need and benefits of working "in parallel" with existing systems to
> evolve and migrate. That requires careful planning for evolution. Revolutions
> do not happen (often) unless there is a real paradigm shift or jump. Equipment
> does not get upgraded overnight. Even when equipment is eventually
> upgraded, the new has to often run in parallel with the old, for long periods
> to "soak" and ensure that a cut-over has 0% chance of failure. This is not
> rocket science, but it is also not child's play. There are people on planet
> Earth that do this on a regular basis. Most of those people would not give
> two cents for the opinion of some I* society thug or clown. In some cases,
> you might be talking about a 1 bit change in a protocol. That could require
> six months of testing in a full-scale lab. That could then require another six
> months of testing in a full-scale lab in the field, handling test traffic. Then
> one may be faced with a year of limited introduction in selected field sites.
> In short, you may be looking at two years from the time a small change is
> determined to be useful. That change could last 50 to 100 years. People
> with five years of Internet experience, need to consider the big picture more.
>
> Jim Fleming
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt

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