Hi Martin,
The DNT privacy work was just an example of something that did not work out.
At this point in time the details don't matter anymore since the work
already happens at the W3C.
My point is that you will not find interest from young engineers to work on
10 year old topics. You can try it yourself: give a talk at a university and
see the reaction from the students. Pick a lower-layer topic and a topic
from the application layer (some Web stuff).
Ciao
Hannes
On 5/2/12 11:07 PM, "ext Martin Rex" <mrex(_at_)sap(_dot_)com> wrote:
Hannes Tschofenig wrote:
When people suggest new work to the IETF they often see a strange
reaction. I remember when Mozilla came to the IETF and proposed to
work on the privacy topic "Do Not Track". I couldn't find support
for doing the work in the IETF. I don't exactly know why people
didn't like it but the W3C immediately picked it up and had seen
lots of new companies (mostly from the advertising industry)
joining the W3C.
What exactly to you mean by "came to the IETF and proposed to work
on the privacy topic"?
What is the I-D that you submitted and how many volunteers were there
to do the work? And who opposed that you do the work within the
IETF?
What usually does not work in the IETF is that you "drop off" an idea
and "pick up" a standard some time later...
-Martin