On 07/20/11 01:24, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
On 20 Jul 2011, at 00:34, Doug Barton wrote:
On 07/19/2011 14:01, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
Clearly, the view that making something historic when it's in active use is
offensive. No standards body could seek to stand behind their specifications,
or to give the impression of doing so, with such a position.
Define "active use."
Actively being used. In production. So that taking it away would hurt the
entity using it, threaten the entity's comfort and convenience, or just
generally go against the stated goals of making the Internet a better place for
everybody through the instrumentation and maintenance of standards.
The idea that moving a standard to Historic would take away the ability
of people to use it reminds me of the story from the Norwegian army,
approx 1939:
- "If the enemy invades, how will you prevent them from using the train
network?"
- "Burn all the tickets, sir!"
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