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Re: SDO vs academic conference, was poster sessions

2011-01-14 04:13:43

On Jan 14, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Alessandro Vesely wrote:

On 11/Jan/11 20:32, John C Klensin wrote:
--On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:35 -0800 Randy Presuhn
<randy_presuhn(_at_)mindspring(_dot_)com> wrote:

At issue though is that these individuals get paid
(sponsored) by someone, either directly or indirectly by
corporations and/or governments.

Not necessarily.  Some of us have no employer and just do this
stuff for the fun of it.

Indeed.  Although I'm increasingly taking exception to the "fun"
part.

If you remove fun, what else remains that can be used as a compass to
take a bearing in iffy circumstances?

For some of us: A feeling of responsibility in shaping the future of the 
Internet that is beyond direct corporate interest and next year's line items.


--Olaf


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