SM wrote:
I think that the above covers the larger issue. This is not the usual
IETF experiment. It is a social experiment.
I'm not sure what you'd call the ipv6 hour other than a social experiment...
There was a time when the IETF was a trend-setter.
The ietf is an organizational framework through which work is organized
and documents are published. The attendees bring the ideas and do the work.
We can take the view
where the IETF only "publishes" technical specifications and it cannot
influence how the technology is used.
If I bring work to the IETF, it's either because I intend to benefit
from it or I intend that someone else benefit from it, while there are
other probably less noble intentions that are played out here I don't
believe that there are many people that would dispute that proposition.
Or we can take this opportunity
to understand the social impact of the technologies.
There's an epistemological fallacy here since the social impact can be
know a posteri but can only be speculated on by those of us who live in
the present.
I for one am more interested some simple questions:
will it work?
what is the workflow like?
Can it be integrated into the remote/realtime participation technologies
in fashion that has some utility?
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