How about a global Corvus network? Or a global WangNet network?
Some things just died, as is the way of all flesh.
Some things just died, as is the way of all flesh.
The people who don't learn from the past are usually the people who aren't all that interested in learning how things work, learning the lessons people and companies made in the past, and applying those lessons to today and the future. I personally think this is neat!
Old technology can still be quite useful. I still use an ancient ImageWriter II because new printers suck, and having more options to use old hardware is always a good thing.
No, actually, I do know how things work. The problem for you is that the Internet is there now and the whole world is on it, to a first approximation.
Knowing what the Internet designers did wrong (btw, the internet-history mailing list does this subject regularly) doesn't help us much, because we're not going to be doing it again.
As for old hardware: right on. If it works, keep using it.
You said "hardware." I specifically gave thumbs-up to hardware. Did you not read that?
As for reinventing basic networking: no, it's not upsetting, but it IS self-limiting. The networks of the future will probably require brand-new thinking, not resurrected old stuff.
Writing software is a use for computer hardware, and people with minds broader than yours do it for pure enjoyment and exploration. The attitude expressed in your post is self-limiting.
The post literally ends ends with:
"But most importantly, have fun!"
You think a bunch of people who are on record as setting out to have fun are "limiting themselves" by not inventing the future of networking.
In doing so, you've invented the future bad posting.