-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric A. Hall wrote: > On 2/15/2006 12:19 PM, Joe Touch wrote: > >>There are two different potential intentions to 'Experimental': >> >>1. to conduct an experiment, as Eliot notes below, i.e., >> to gain experience that a protocol 'does good' 'in the wild' >> >>2. to gain experience that a protocol does no harm 'in the wild' > > There is a third option, which is "we are not sure how this will work, or > if it will even work at all really, but we are confident enough in its > design stability to release it in limited form for further study" That's #1 - if it doesn't provide some gain (utility to someone), there's no point in the experiment ;-) Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD4DBQFD9MwQE5f5cImnZrsRAkrNAKDK5rJGEw/Ceprw0oQXzUmJBua5PwCVGk9B GJOtuZdnWP/0o7ckPVpjZw== =ikm6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf