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Re: Simplifying IKE
On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Michael Thomas wrote:
> > No; belief and reality *are* different. The way you tell the difference
> > is to design and build a decent-but-not-all-things-to-all-people solution,
> > and listen to see if the outraged screams and angry grumbling slowly die
> > away.
>
> Ah, the beloved OS vendor to the masses stance.
No, actually, the Unix/TCP-IP/C stance. Build a decent general-purpose
solution, and most of the people who were complaining about needing custom
solutions will discover that general-purpose solutions really are good
enough for them after all.
Of course, if instead you build a crappy general-purpose solution, this
will just reinforce their belief that they need custom solutions.
Henry Spencer
henry@spsystems.net
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