Marshall Rose writes: > the xmpp folks have a workable, deployed solution in the > conferencing space. if they decide to take this work to the ietf, > then that should also be accorded the same courtesy in being judged > on its merits in the context of xmpp. I can understand that you have concerns that XCON may produce something so generally useful that it might get in the way of rubber stamping protocols developed elsewhere. I do not believe that it is in the greater interest of the IETF, though, to intentionally cripple working groups merely to allow for the eventuality of the introduction of competing work. /a