making strategic problems concrete

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand]

--On mandag, mars 24, 2003 14:05:03 -0500 "Bound, Jim" <Jim.Bound at hp.com> 
wrote:

> James,
>
> What alternative do we have to consensus?

two traditional approaches:

"accept all and let the market decide" (aka "a thousand flowers")
"kill them all and let God sort them out" (aka "not an IETF problem")

both may be appropriate tools at times.