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Re: Restructuring the IETF standards process... for the benefit of all concerned.
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- Subject: Re: Restructuring the IETF standards process... for the benefit of all concerned.
- From: Scott Brim <sbrim at cisco.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 14:27:20 +0100
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Excerpts from TSG on Mon, Mar 02, 2009 05:18:41AM -0800:
> Richard -
> Why should the IETF deny a standard to anyone who wanted to undertake
> the process to get one? My argument is that the IETF is community of
> members involved in standardizing network technologies and also the
> processes of that standardization.
The process is one of _agreeing_ on standards, for the sake of
interoperability. I think it was Philippe Kahn who said "the nice
thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from". We
don't want to go there and have had many battles to reduce the number
of potential "standards".