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Re: IESG proposed statement on the IETF mission

2003-10-17 16:44:56


On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, mark seery wrote:

Trust model
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Inherent in Eric's problem statement is the notion that end systems have
the ability to impact the experience other Internet users have. Whether
this is the result of an historical trust model, where people using the
Internet were assumed to a) have clue and b) be acting in the best
interests of the community, or whether this is the result of other
community values, this diserves comment/debate, IMHO.

I've noticed that the people who claim to have the most clue, frequently
don't, and the people who claim most to be acting in the interests of the
community, aren't.

Clue has to do with being right, and time always reveals who and what is
right.  It is not always immediately apparent who is right. But the one
with the "clue" will be shown to have been right later on.

Community has to do with democratic, common interests. It is always
interesting that the people who are most shrill about "the interests
community" often want to exclude most of the community from the decision.

Therein lies the problem.

                --Dean