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Kyle Hamilton's thoughts on the topic
Why force things to higher-layer protocols when they don't need to be? A DHCPOFFER occurs at the MAC level, and can contain several text fields, including URLs for more information. Get rid of the requirement for a DHCPREQUEST, and anyone who wants more information can get it. [Hell, NETBIOS would be perfect for this, if it didn't involve its own complex set of handshakes.]
What we need is a UDP-like protocol built directly atop MAC... like, say, bootp or dhcp. Why should we worry about TCP/IP until it's necessary?