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RE: FW: Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm

2012-08-15 07:24:50


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From: Eliot Lear [mailto:lear(_at_)cisco(_dot_)com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:25 PM
To: John E Drake
Cc: iab(_at_)iab(_dot_)org; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: FW: Affirmation of the Modern Global Standards Paradigm

John,

On 8/15/12 12:03 AM, John E Drake wrote:
Hi,

Does this document actually have a purpose, and if so, what is it?



To me (and I speak only for me here), the purpose of this document is to 
articulate principles that have made the Internet a success.

JD:  This seems a bit presumptuous to me.

It is a means to invite others to subscribe to those same principles, and there 
are many standards organizations that do not.

JD:  I would be willing to bet that nearly every SDO would claim they embrace 
these same principles.

Customers and society can demand better, and this is an avenue for that.

JD:  How, exactly?

Eliot