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@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ from papers stuck with me. I won't go into the details of who, what,
where and when. All these reviewers were, and still are, top experts
in their respective fields. But they do present a bit of a picture of
what I think is the problem when communicating about core
-architectural concepts within the network community.
+architectural concepts within the network community[^7].
One comment that popped up, many times actually, is _"I'm no software
engineer"_. The research projects were very heavy on actual software
@@ -438,3 +438,12 @@ Dimitri
digress, and I was already digressing.
[^6]: This is the [story all about how](/blog/2021/03/20/how-does-ouroboros-relate-to-rina-the-recursive-internetwork-architecture/).
+
+[^7]: These are a few examples are to highlight what I think is a core
+ difference in priorities between what we tried to achieve with
+ the projects -- a flexible architecture in the long term --
+ versus what most current research and development is targeted at
+ -- fixes for urgent problems and improvements in the short
+ term. I want to stress that we were never treated unfairly by
+ any reviewer, and this section should not be read as a complaint
+ of any sort. \ No newline at end of file