standards...
…or who needs them anyway today? there’s interesting article written down by one of Google employees, that perfectly describes how ineffective today standard bodies are, and how less and less influence they have on the market. cisco decided to spearhead new solutions without waiting for multi-year discussions, true to the ‘good description and working code’ motto. if we wouldn’t be doing that, there would be no PVLANs, FabricPath (TRILL) but also protocols like LDP or HSRP/VRRP/GLBP....