Re: 802.3ae and the 10GEA
- To: Jaime Kardontchik <kardontchik.jaime@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: 802.3ae and the 10GEA
- From: jay.hoge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 05:07:39 +0100
- cc: Jonathan Thatcher <Jonathan.Thatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, stds-802-3-hssg-pam@xxxxxxxx, "Geoffrey O. Thompson (E-mail)" <Geoff_Thompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Robert M. Grow (E-mail)" <bob.grow@xxxxxxxxx>, "David Law (E-mail)" <david_law@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Howard M. Frazier Jr. (E-mail)" <hfrazier@xxxxxxxxx>, "Steven Haddock (E-mail)" <shaddock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Brad Booth (E-mail)" <bbooth@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Benjamin Brown (E-mail)" <bebrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Walter Thirion (E-mail)" <wthirion@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Jaime,
I think you are missing the point. Certainly, we all must agree that the
P802.3ae will solely create the 10GBE standard. That having been said, we
are impelled, in the five criteria, to consider commercial as well as
technical considerations. That a proposal has technical merit is not a
sufficient criteria for its adoption into the standard, as its broad market
potential depends on its being adopted by users. If we lose track of this,
we are not so much writing a standard as judging a science fair.
The customers for PMD's are the system integrators. It is they who are
promoting an Occam's Razor for PMD's. We have reached a point where we need
to be mindful of market realities, even if it means dropping cherished
proposals.
Jay