28 Aug
2019
28 Aug
'19
8:17 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 10:24:51AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
The great Mike Padlipski said "do you want protocols that look nice or
protocols that work nice?" in his fantastic book Elements of Networking
Style [*].
This book taught me as much about navigating bureaucracy and the warning
signs of impending death-by-committee as it did about networking. I
keep a copy on my shelf at the office and annoy my staff with it
regularly. It's also a wonderful time capsule that provides a lot of
context about how we got where we are.
khm