In <20020208075206(_dot_)5164(_dot_)qmail(_at_)cr(_dot_)yp(_dot_)to> "D. J.
Bernstein" <djb(_at_)cr(_dot_)yp(_dot_)to> writes:
Keith Moore writes:
it's even more absurd that widely used protocols should be
subject to arbitrary modification by any random individual
who thinks he understands what is going on better than
anybody else.
The past decade of Internet progress happened _despite_ IETF control,
not because of it. IETF is too big, too slow, and too far out of touch
with the users. I am confident that fast, responsive, decentralized
protocol development, taking advantage of open extension mechanisms,
will continue to fuel Internet progress.
And there we have the two extreme positions; the pot arguing with the
kettle as to which one of them is "true black".
We would be making much more progress on this argument if people stopped
taking extreme positions, and instead started to look for the middle
ground. There has been much suggested for the middle ground, but it is
getting ignored as the artillery continues to fly overhead.
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