On 12 January 2015 at 20:24, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:52:43 -0500 > >> From: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> > >> Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/54B03F9B.3030702@arcanedomain.com> > > ... > >> IMO one of the brilliant things that Tim did in the original design of > the > >> Web was to make artful gambles on architectural choices [1] that would > >>> tend< to have value over time. > > > > I strongly agree with you on that. I'm curious what document you meant > to cite > > with the [1] there, though. (It seems like you forgot to provide a link.) > > > > --Mike > > Yeah, I realized I left out the referent and didn't want to bother the > list with a resend. I intended to reference Tim's design issues musings, at > [1]. > > Anyone working on the Web, and indeed anyone interested in the design of > large-scale distributed systems should read these IMO. Fascinating to see > what was anticipated, what wasn't, and how things have worked out given the > assumptions and gambles made in the early days. > +1000 If the "Design Issues" Axioms and Weaving the Web were required reading for this list, it might save a whole bunch of time, imho. I'd also point out Brian Carpenter's, "Architectural Principles of the Internet*"* ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1958.txt > > Noah > > [1] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/ > > > On 1/12/2015 2:34 AM, Michael[tm] Smith wrote: > >> Hi Noah, >> >> Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, 2015-01-09 15:52 -0500: >> >> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:52:43 -0500 >>> From: Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com> >>> Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/54B03F9B.3030702@arcanedomain.com> >>> >> ... >> >>> IMO one of the brilliant things that Tim did in the original design of >>> the >>> Web was to make artful gambles on architectural choices [1] that would >>> >>>> tend< to have value over time. >>>> >>> >> I strongly agree with you on that. I'm curious what document you meant to >> cite >> with the [1] there, though. (It seems like you forgot to provide a link.) >> >> --Mike >> >> >
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