FCC Issues Rule Allowing FBI to Dictate Wiretap-Friendly Design for In ternet Services

Sun Aug 7 01:56:45 UTC 2005

>>>> It also hobbles technical innovation by forcing companies involved in
>>>> broadband to redesign their products to meet government requirements.
>>> As opposed to hobbling innovation by meeting customer requirements?
>> who's paying the bill?  and sorry to hear from a vendor that meeting
>> the customers' requirements is such a negative thing.
> You mistake my meaning, Randy.  Implementing features ARE innovation.
> Not hobbling it.

sorry if i misinterpreted.

i opine that some features are innovation and others not.  i.e.,
x.25 support on modern kit seems a not innovative and a waste of
resources i would rather see applied elsewhere.

but every feature has its cost in complexity and resources to build
and maintain.  resources are finite and complexity has super-linear
cost.  so i would much prefer that the vendors concentrate on the
features *i* want <g>.  and i am quite skeptical of features which 
non-paying non-customers want.

randy