On 5/29/2014 5:51 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Joe Touch <touch(_at_)isi(_dot_)edu> wrote:
I'm talking about whether the IETF/ISOC is a useful home for the discussion.
I don't think it is, because for every 100 network researchers there are 101
such documents "predicting the future", none of which have done much without
associated money.
Well you completely missed the difference between a goal and a prediction:
A goal is an outcome that is desired.
A prediction is an outcome that is expected.
I think you have it reversed:
- a goal is an outcome towards which a community is working
(with funding to back it up)
- prediction is what groundhogs do early February, and people
do with about as much accuracy and utility
As I pointed out at the start, the money concern here is what to spend it on.
The people with the money get to decide that.
Joe