what are the real problems

[Spencer Dawkins]

Dear Bert and Randy,

I was assuming that Aaron's "1000 flowers" reference was to the
"Hundred Flowers" campaign in the People's Republic of China -
if so, I note that we could kill ninety percent of the ideas and
STILL "let 100 flowers blossom"...

http://www.megastories.com/china/unueco/flowers.htm

Not that letting "100 flowers bloom" was a great idea either,
but maybe a 90% fallout rate would be a start?

Spencer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen at lucent.com>
To: "Aaron Falk" <falk at isi.edu>; "Randy Bush" <randy at psg.com>
Cc: <problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:57 AM
Subject: RE: what are the real problems


> Aaron responds to Randy:
>
> > You've been around the IETF much longer than I.  Do you sense that the
> > level of conservatism in the IESG has increased over time?  My
> > perception is that, as more non-computer scientists get on the
> > Internet, it has been viewed as more of a utility, i.e., "it just
> > works."  It wouldn't surprise me if there is a reduced tolerance of
> > risk by the IESG to protect these users.  In other words, the
> > interpretation of stewardship of the Internet has changed from "let's
> > grow something neat" (or "let 1000 flowers bloom") to "let's keep this
> > cool thing from breaking" (or "let's not confuse the marketplace").
> >
>
> I don't think that "let's grow a neat thing" and "let a 1000 flowers
bloom"
> are the same thing, are they?
>
> Bert