[e2e] where end-to-end ends

David P. Reed dpreed at reed.com
Thu May 24 06:54:02 PDT 2001


You just proved Godwin's Law (twice in the same letter).

At 01:32 PM 5/24/01 +0100, Lloyd Wood wrote:
>I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that the end-to-end principle is
>the IETF's very own Third Reich in usenet's Godwin's law.
>
>Once the end-to-end principle is invoked in a workgroup, useful
>conversation becomes impossible.
>
>tschuess,
>
>L.
>
>Godwin's Law prov. [Usenet] "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the
>probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one."
>
><L.Wood at surrey.ac.uk>PGP<http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood/>




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