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Re: How many standards or protocols...

2002-04-16 11:10:29
What is the case is
that each WG Chair gets to decide what concensus is for their WG 

Not really; they can be overruled or replaced.

The problem with the operations is that the rules change form group
to group and this has serious technical and financial implications for
anyone trying to mount a standards effort as part of a product release or
market development activity.

Anybody tying a product release schedule to completion of a standard is 
already taking an unwarranted risk.  They're placing their company's 
future in the hands of outsiders who owe that company nothing.  This is 
the case no matter where the standard is coming from; the IETF's volunteer 
nature just exaggerates the effect.

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