[e2e] Skype and congestion collapse.

Lars-Erik Jonsson (LU/EAB) lars-erik.jonsson at ericsson.com
Wed Mar 9 23:32:56 PST 2005


> Syed, the misconception is that apps are to manage network 
> resources.  That's not how more robust systems, like the
> established telco and private network systems work. 
> Systems must protect themselves, even a car's gearbox,
> from external abuse.  The Internet is only different in
> that attention wasn't paid to doing that in its design.

And thanks to that, the Internet became conceptually simple,
flexible, inexpensive to use, and to the benefits of the
users, as opposed to the telco systems. 

/L-E 


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