I can imagine, without much trouble, a scenario
in which, e.g., someone showed up and claimed to "represent" a
company with considerable IETF experience (and other employees
as long-term participants), started pushing a technically
unviable idea and justifying it on the basis of his or her
company's market position.
Unfortunately, this is exactly the sort of thing the IETF is
periodically accused of doing. Just look through the archives
and you'll see that every so often someone (usually but not
always from 'outside') will pop up in public
and claim that the IETF is run solely by and for the benefit
of large corporations. It isn't a particularly difficult
argument to counter, but the damage to the organization's
image is still there.
Cheers,
RGF
Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
Information Systems Security Officer
National Business Center
U. S. Dept. of the Interior
Robert_G_Ferrell(_at_)nbc(_dot_)gov
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Who goeth without humor goeth unarmed.
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