At 08:18 AM 7/23/2002 -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >> Anyway, given that they actually want to get work done under the > >> auspices of the IETF, I see no justification for turning them > >> away. > > Given that this is a deployed product, I tend to agree. The work > > is going to get done; we may as well help it to get done as well > > as possible. > > but the >reasons given above seem sufficient to put us in the paperclip >standards making business. Indeed. Proven technical base, motivated workers and ready market for products using a specification. Those certainly are a lousy basis for forming an IETF working group. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com> TribalWise, Inc. <http://www.tribalwise.com> tel +1.408.246.8253; fax +1.408.850.1850