Brian,
let be candid. The text of Bernard Adoba (Microsoft) is 100% in line with
the Microsoft political line broadly publish under cover of Human Rights as
the Global Network Initiative (http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/).
Since the co-founder/influencer of GNI is Google (with Yahoo!) also with
Microsoft a jewell member of ISOC, and that Russ Housley is security
specialist involved in the IEEE, this text, its signatoree and first
supporter were quickly identified in the political world as a confirmation
that the IAB is (now the IETF is an affiliate of ISOC) politically and
could therefore most probably technically be biaised in favor of the
interest of the US industry dominants club.
Obviously, in political situation nothing is first degree. So, the question
is why M$, Google, IBM, Yahoo!, Oracle etc. are exposing the credibility of
the IETF credibility a
2012/8/15 Brian E Carpenter <brian(_dot_)e(_dot_)carpenter(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com>
On 15/08/2012 07:24, Eliot Lear wrote:
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. It is a
means to invite others to subscribe to those same principles, and there
are many standards organizations that do not. Customers and society can
demand better, and this is an avenue for that.
I take it that John's question is really *why* do these principles need to
be articulated in public. Perhaps the IAB should answer that, but my answer
is: because there is a real danger of some SDOs, including but not limited
to the ITU-T, breaking them for a variety of commercial or political
reasons.
Brian