Re-homing of RAToolSet to RIPE NCC

At 5:20 AM -0400 4/10/01, Ray Plzak wrote:
>  > Also, last but not least, the fact that we are making a commitment to
>>  devote resources to the maintenance and further development of the
>>  RAToolset does not mean we won't incorporate other people's
>>  development efforts into the toolset. We will just make sure we have
>>  the resources to do it.
>>
>But it doesn't ensure that you will incorporate them either.  The bottom
>line is that where the resource controller makes the final decision based
>upon the organization's resource availability and its impact on the
>contributors to that resource, that will be the primary consideration and
>not necessarily those of the global users of the product.
>
I don't see any change from the current situation where you had to 
ask Cengiz nicely to make any change (and obviously firstly persuade 
him that it was a good idea). From my long range dealings with RIPE 
NCC I don't expect my dealings with them to be any different, except 
have the possibility of them getting more work done (and being able 
to divide and conquer them :-) RIPE NCC seem to have enough 
mechanisms in place to get feedback from their community and if they 
see this software as having a global constituency rather than just a 
RIPE one then I'm going to be a happy camper.

Mark.

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