On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:27 AM, TS Glassey <tglassey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since there is now a specific value estimated by the LINUX community at 1.4B > for the kernel itself Hey, I've done an analysis and found that my toenail clippings are worth $3.8762 billion. That kernel-valuation exercise is the silliest kind of science fiction. Let me let you in on a little secret: Everything in the world has a value, and that value is exactly what people are prepared to pay for it. No more, no less. On payment of a generous consulting fee, I would be delighted to "estimate a specific value" for any given RFC or even I-D. I'll even issue gold-framed certificates you can mount on the wall. -Tim > , the IETF can no longer hide its head in the sand > claiming that its workproduct has no specific value. This also means that > ANY AND ALL contributions to the IETF no matter when they happened now need > to be formally acknowledged for their financial value at the time of their > contribution. > > This is not an OPTION. > > Todd Glassey > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf