Re: [EFM] Re: בעניין: Revisiting EFM vs ELM Names
I believe that EFM is inspired. The last mile is supplier centric, while
first mile is user centric. Who ever came up with EFM is a genius!
Jack Andresen
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John Pickens wrote:
>
> An alternate view (defending EFM):
>
> "The problem we are addressing is industry-wide known as THE FIRST MILE
> PROBLEM. It has certain inner logic, too: it is the FIRST fortress
> blocking wideband access from today's homes/businesses.
>
> At 11:06 PM 3/30/01 +0200, Victor Vaisleib wrote:
>
> >Bruce,
> >
> >I'm glad you brought that up.
> >
> >Personally, I never liked the "first mile" twist. Imagine 802.11 would
> >become worried about the negative implications of the word "wireless", and
> >named itself something like: the WG for Untangled LAN Standards...
> >
> >The problem we are addressing is industry-wide known as THE LAST MILE
> >PROBLEM. It has certain inner logic, too: it is the LAST fortess of a
> >century-old infrastructure in today's network.
> >
> >ELM sounds great to me.
> >
> >Victor Vaisleib
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bruce Tolley <btolley@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org>
> >Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:23 PM
> >Subject: Revisiting EFM vs ELM Names
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Colleagues:
> > >
> > > I am having difficulty explaining to customers and financial analysts and
> > > market analysts the name of our study group.
> > >
> > > The customers we will be selling EFM solutions to are telcos, SPs, RBOCs,
> > > and other access providers like power companies and PUDs. All these folks
> > > would use EFM techologies to build out the distribution network from the
> >CO
> > > or POP to the single family residences, to MXUs, to the curb, to the
> > > business, etc. They all think in terms of "last mile."
> > >
> > > I cannot see much upside to the "first mile" name. When I do briefings I'd
> > > prefer to get to the work of the SG and the merits of Ethernet in the last
> > > mile over copper and fiber and not waste time explaining a name that is
> > > confusing to the audience.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Bruce