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                            Short-term networking

> What we are seeing now is the same debate we had back in the months leading
> up to that day in Marina del Rey. It's the same tradeoff being considered.
> Should we optimize today's applications and patterns of usage by building
> functions into the network? Or should we find ways to optimize today's
> applications by building as little as possible into the core of the
> network?
>

Via CamWorld, [1] THE END OF THE END-TO-END ARGUMENT [2]

A smart network will only hinder later innovations.

[1] http://www.camworld.com/
[2] http://www.reed.com/Papers/endofendtoend.html

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