Subject: Re: [karp] Draft - PIM Gap Analysis - "extra license"

From: "Michael Barnes" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:43:23 -0700

Agree that the document should not consider business practices by vendors.
Business policies can and do change, so a technical solution should not be
based on them.

Regards,
Michael

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Received: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:39:10 PM PDT
From: Joel Halpern <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [karp] Draft - PIM Gap Analysis - "extra license"

> The presentation on the PIM Gap Analysis discussed, as one of the gaps, 
> that some vendors charge more for IPSec on some products.
> 
> This is alluded to in the text.
> 
> The chairs opinion, and the rough consensus of the room, is that 
> discussions of vendor charging should not be included in the document.
> 
> Including this is a bad idea since business may engage in whatever 
> business practices they choose, relative to any products.
> We need to focus on the technical limitations of the current state.
> 
> This note is to determine whether the mailing list agrees with that.
> 
> Please comment promptly.  We expect to direct the authors to remove the 
> text if they wish the document to be considered as a working group
document.
> 
> Yours,
> Joel
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