>What is the case is >that each WG Chair gets to decide what concensus is for their WG Not really; they can be overruled or replaced. >The problem with the operations is that the rules change form group >to group and this has serious technical and financial implications for >anyone trying to mount a standards effort as part of a product release or >market development activity. Anybody tying a product release schedule to completion of a standard is already taking an unwarranted risk. They're placing their company's future in the hands of outsiders who owe that company nothing. This is the case no matter where the standard is coming from; the IETF's volunteer nature just exaggerates the effect. /===============================================================\ |John Stracke |Principal Engineer | |jstracke@incentivesystems.com |Incentive Systems, Inc. | |http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own. | |===============================================================| |Any sufficiently rigged demo is indistinguishable from advanced| |technology. | \===============================================================/