Re: [idn] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-idn-lace-00.txt

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

no, you misunderstood.  some folk may have let greed lure them into jumping
the gun and calling an experiment operational.  foolishness has its known
rewards.  you may want to review rfc 2026 as to the advisability of relying
on various levels of documents.

randy


> you are correct, operationally its not an experiment.
> 
> -rick
> 
> On Sat, 11 Nov 2000, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
>>> changing the prefix will not be easy operationally, the move from ra-- to
>>> bq-- had operational and political hurdles. Changing to the next prefix
>>> will require coordination between the Registry, Registrars, Multi lingual
>>> Technology Providers, and any one else whom happened to write some
>>> software that used the prefix 'bq--'
>> 
>> you make it sound as if this was an operational issue, as opposed to an
>> experiment.
>> 
>> randy