FW: [openib-general] Minutes from DAPL BOF at OpenIB Workshop

[Grant Grundler]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 11:28:54AM -0700, Ronald G. Minnich wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Grant Grundler wrote:
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> > Well, that works best IFF one has time and a clue what to write.
> 
> oops, that whole 'you have to have a clue' thing just ruled me out.

yeah, <aol>Me too</aol>. But I can hammer something that works
into shape within a few weeks I think.

> To a large extent, I am writing tongue-in-cheek about the 'burn the spec'
> idea. 
> 
> My concern is that we avoid a slavish adherence to the spec that might
> rule out good ideas. This is probably reaction from my checkered past of
> involvement with the ISO/OSI protocol stack disaster of the late 80s ...  
> in any event, I would hate to see us avoiding good ideas because they are
> not 'in the spec'.

*nod*

grant