[e2e] New approach to diffserv...

[Jonathan M. Smith]

This whole discussion has been highly amusing.

Let's just clarify some things that need to be clarified, perhaps with
some help from the high priests of e2e on the list :-)

1. Why is routing done with middleboxes? 

2. Where is the financial incentive to build networks if the basic
network architecture FORCES you to deliver a commodity with no value-added?

3. Why is the network engineered in isolation from applications?

4. Isn't e2e just a clever logical deception? It's of course obvious that
an engineered artifact will have the maximum longevity it if it avoids
any concession to current needs, but very few of us buy wheels, chassis
and motor, instead opting for value-added services such as seats and a 
roof. E2e is just rhetorical "argumentum ad absurdum" wrapped up like
some engineering mystique, no?

Coherent, rational discussion only please - all rants will be ignored.

								-JMS