My thoughts about the problems of the IETF

[Keith Moore]

> Harald> how can  we overlook the  fact of legitimate differences  of opinion
> Harald> when we have them among ourselves all the time?????????? 
> 
> Oh come on now.  Dogma doesn't provide the answer to every question, so even
> the  most  dogmatic,  in-bred  groups  will  have  internal  differences  of
> opinion.  That  doesn't  mean  that  they  will allow  their  dogmas  to  be
> questioned. 

Perhaps not, but there are conflicting dogmas even among IESG.
Nor are inbreeding and dogma limited to IESG - WGs exhibit them also.

Sometimes, not always, conflicts between dogma lead to greater understanding
and better resolution of the problem.  Ideally this would happen long before
there is a substantial investment in a particular solution.

Keith