what are the real problems
Randy Bush
randy at psg.com
Wed May 21 14:12:57 CEST 2003
> Thanks for your thoughts, Randy. On a related note, I think the
> perception in IETF that we (the IETF community) are stewards of
> the Internet has weakened. This may be the reason for the
> somewhat conservative nature of the IESG.
<personal opinion>
at least among some iesg members, there is the feeling that
o while the ietf is supposed to be the steward of the (technical
part of the) internet
o we perceive that we get massive pushback when we act in a
conservative fashion, as it is perceived as inhibiting vendors,
who are a bit desperate these days.
o yet we think that the purpose of an sdo is to provide to the
*users* inter-vendor choice through compatibility. so we
wonder how pandering to featuritis of the vendors is serving
the users
no easy answers.
randy
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