Last year, Tim Simcoe, now on the faculty at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, completed a study entitled: "Delays and de Jure Standards: What Caused the Slowdown in Internet Standard Setting?" For those interested, here are pointers to the work (which is continuing): http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/bpp/phd/simcoe/profile.htm http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/strategy/research/working%20papers/Simcoe%20-%20Delays.pdf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf