On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 09:48:45AM -0500, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: > > So we can see games in which a given > > selected member observes that "if I quit, then candidate N+1 is > > selected, and I know that my company would prefer this candidate N+1 in > > the committee, for example because of seniority." We may be worried > > about that kind of games. > > Wow. I did not know that there are companies that would consider doing > these types of things. Historically, there were concerns about some (well, one) very large networking company that sent a very large number of engineers to the IETF, and for which being able to improve and influence internet standards was apparently a part of their business strategy. Whether or not this was true, or just perception, I'll leave to others to debate. I'll also leave it to others to debate whether such a concern (either in terms of perception or reality) is a big issue in 2022. - Ted
