On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:13:18 PST, james woodyatt <jhw(_at_)wetware(_dot_)com>
said:
In other words, I think it might help the U.S. Senate to know that they
won't have to wait a year for the FCC to make a "negative determination"
according to Section 3.(c), i.e. they can go directly to requiring the
vendors and users of "digital media devices" in the United States to
adopt Internet standards of its own making rather than those of the IETF.
Let's see how well Congress likes the taste of *that* medicine...
Oh, they'll love it. You'll get a protocol designed by lobbyists for lobbyists.
Let's not find out.
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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