I find this and a couple of other threads completely and totally fascinating.
I find myself wondering who really is dialed in to what's going on and who
isn't. And that includes Vint. Of all the people that stay tuned in, Vint is
the one that should know.
The things that are going on are not being addressed directly and honestly in
this thread or any other public thread. The people that are pulling the
strings don't do it on these threads or in public.
That's a good thing and a bad thing. Good that technonerds like ourselves
can air things out in public, try, and still believe this keeps things in the
open and honest. Bad that if we believe that we can really affect important
things here, we will wake up one day to find out all our words and thoughts
and
trying were flushed by the people that want to control, and don't care for our
input.
It's just a sign of the times. And a sign that the Internet has succeeded so
well that the big boys want to control it. For their own purposes. And they
will.
The simplest clue is that the IETF (supposedly) once consisted of individuals
working for common interests, but now there or very few that speak for
themselves. They are captive to their employer or contractor (for you
"academicians" out there that want to pretend your motives are pure).