On 10-feb-04, at 22:43, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
I attempted to incorporate the latest discussions into an
internet-draft, which I managed to get out just before the
deadline....
draft-alvestrand-ietf-mission-00.txt
Good stuff.
But wouldn't it be useful to say something about the global nature of
the internet and the IETF body of participants, and how this influences
both the IETF's goals and the way it carries out its activities?
More specifically, the fact that the IETF exclusively uses English for
its standards and internal processes creates a non-level participation
field, but at the same time the use of a single, widely-spoken language
allows for much lower costs and higher efficiency than any alternative.