modest suggestion for how to proceed

[Scott W Brim]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 10:04:31AM -0500, Keith Moore allegedly wrote:
> >If we want to split up the work, identifying ANY work that can
> >be done in relative isolation seems key...
> 
> this is the mistake we so often make in working groups, focusing them 
> so narrowly that they work at cross-purposes with other WGs or other 
> interests.

In that case, the problem is in the identification of work that can be
done in relative isolation -- that is, in having clean functional
interfaces.