Re: of control and frogs, Re: What is at stake?

[Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net>]

At 07:55 AM 1/24/2002 -0800, Ed Gerck wrote:
> So, the really principal point behind the conformance
> discussion (which, BTW, I think should be about how to
> make non-conformance public rather than certifying
> conformance) is that these other factors must now be
> introduced in order for trust to be induced without
> re-introducing control or fear of.

Let's see.  You initially post a statement about Internet history that gets 
the time and players wrong.

Then you post a clarification that cites lots more detail, some of which 
you still get wrong.

Conformance discussions like the current one have been regular fodder for 
Internet mailing lists for, perhaps, 15 years.  They crop up every couple 
of years.  The group "script" for the discussion is highly consistent.

As a consequence, citing the current occurrence as being for new reasons is 
entirely unfounded.

And wrong.

d/


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