- From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:36:18 +0100 (MET)
- To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko)
- Cc: connolly@w3.org, www-talk@w3.org, frystyk@w3.org, jg@w3.org
Marc Slemko: > [...] > There are serious issues with >HTTP/1.1 <-> network interactions, etc. that need to be dealt with in a >reasonable timeframe. I am not in the W3C HTTP-NG project, but it was my impression that they did not intend to be a platform for quickly dealing with serious network interaction problems in HTTP/1.1. I believe there is no such platform now, mainly because of a (percieved) lack of really serious problems. Now, if you can make a convincing case that there are serious problems (and I mean network-threatening problems, not just that HTTP/1.1 has way too much accumulated cruft in it), then you may find that a lot of the individuals in the IETF http-wg would be willing to get together and help you develop a short-term fix, in the form of yet another layer on top of HTTP/1.1. However, I believe that HTTP/1.1 in its current form will get us through the next few years. As such, I have no problems with the W3C taking the longer view and making an effort to develop a possible successor protocol in a closed group. > Marc Slemko | Apache Group member Koen.
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