Re: [cobalt-users] commercial list use (Re: [RaQ3] Need PHP packagefor original RaQ3...)

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JL> Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 10:21:14 -0800
JL> From: Jeff Lasman


JL> I think "many" is an understatement; I urge you to check with
JL> some of the larger colocation companies today.  And there are

Size indicates size, not necessarily correctness. :-/  Again,
the 6461 STP debacle is a classic example...


JL> definitely tradeoffs, since networks waste (perhaps use is a
JL> less inflamatory term) three IP#s, making small networks
JL> quite inefficient of IP space, which is becoming more at a

True.  And those three-IP networks end up using a /29.


JL> premium.  Nevertheless we are changing our model, at least
JL> partially because of the helpful telephone conversations you
JL> and I have had in the past.

IMNSHO, this will give you definite bragging rights, setting you
apart from [what I unbudgingly contend is] a flawed network.


JL> "Defect" is another inflamatory word, at least in my opinion.
JL> We've never had a problem from our model; thousands upon
JL> thousands of systems are hosted with the same model we use,
JL> and our model (indeed our network) has never been unstable.

That's banking on luck, though.  Many get away with it, just like
not wearing a seatbelt.  When it breaks down, the consequences
are severe.


JL> As I've mentioned in another post, I'm operating fully in
JL> accord with the last set of rules posted to the list.

JL> I play by the rules set up by the last list-owner.  The new
JL> list-owner may certainly decide to change the rules; if so

Although I believe the post was pushing it,

1) If it's the first time in six weeks, I have no problem with
   that.

2) If others agree with you, I'll drop it.  Even if others do
   not agree with you... I'll drop it due to #1.


JL> I'll abide by the new rules.  I don't think any one of us
JL> (other than the list owner) has the right to change the
JL> rules.

Agreed.


Eddy
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