On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 01:17 PM, Jed Margolin wrote:
I am dismayed at the report that the IETF session was not productive.
You should consider the following:
1. The Internet has become an important part of the Civilized World's
infrastructure.
2. The Internet is threatened by the increasing volume of spam.
3. If the world's Internet Experts (that's you) cannot figure out how
to fix
it, the Politicians *will*.
Not necessarily at all. One of the reasons for the seeming disarray
and lack of consensus is that this may not, in fact, be the type of
problem that is tractable by bodies like the IETF (and its associated
groups like IRTF->ASRG and so forth).
Some problems are best solved by creating standards and protocols.
Some problems are best solved by the market.
Some problems are best solved by a combination of the two,
--
Michael C. Berch
mcb(_at_)postmodern(_dot_)com
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