Hi Kyle,
>Indeed, one of the critical functions of the IETF (and, really, any
>SDO) is to discriminate: between good and bad ideas, productive and
>unproductive uses of time, between work that advances our shared
>values and work that opposes it. You will not get much support for
>rubber stamping anyone's proposals regardless of merit.
Isn't there usually a distinction between the standard and the implementation? For example, if a 2x4 is a standard for building stuff, should the 2x4 standard body care if you use it to build a villa or a dog house? Or maybe a better question is, shouldn't standards be made in a way that allows anyone to implement? And if nobody is implementing something, can it still be considered a standard?
Tim
