Fixed font v multiple fonts

[todd glassey]

The real problem Phillip is that you are right. The IETF is a an empire and
it will fall - but there are too many people that have their entire lives
and their income dependant on keeping the IETF ass it is today, and in a
state where they and ONLY THEY, make the calls.

I harken this to the last days of Rome - and I wonder how this city will be
'sacked'

Todd


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker at verisign.com>
To: "'Lars-Erik Jonsson (LU/EAB)'" <lars-erik.jonsson at ericsson.com>; "Keith
Moore" <moore at cs.utk.edu>; "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker at verisign.com>
Cc: <problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 6:18 AM
Subject: RE: Fixed font v multiple fonts


>
> > I totally agree with Keith here, this is not a subject for this WG.
>
> Apparently on the grounds that you don't think it is a problem.
>
> The PROBLEM I see with the IETF is that the top down management insists on
> having its way on every damn last thing. Including this issue.
>
> If the IETF establishment won't even budge on this one then there is zero
> value to the rest of PROBLEM.
>
>
> > Regarding the RFC document format, the RFC ASCII format is in
> > my opinion outstanding, compared to the complicated
> > formatting rules used by other organizations where you waste
> > lots of time just on getting the document format right.
>
>
> I have never spent half as much time getting a document format right as I
> have for the IETF. Even the W3C rules for HTML are not as much hassle.
>
> Again, the issue is who gets to decide.
>