On August 11, 2005 at 11:53, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" wrote:
Participants in an IETF process are not obligated to respond
to anyone's postings.
But people are quite justified in pointing out the failure to respond to
those points.
Mr. Crocker was one of the person's that asked me to provide more
specifics, and then did not respond when I provided them.
I can accept the fact of non-responses to posts (it is the norm for
things like USENET and other electronic forums), but when someone
asks (especially to an individual) for specific suggestions about
something, I expect to receive some form of acknowledgement (positive
or negative).
Failure to provide an acknowledgement sets precedence that can
discourage others from spending time providing information when
explicitly requested. Why should someone spend their valuable time
to formulate responses to explicit requests when such responses may
never get acknowledged? Is the time of the requestor supposed to
more valuable than that of the requestee?
JMO,
--ewh
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