Tim:
I agree that the value of anything is set by the market.
Please tone down the sarcasm. The IETF Discussion mail list and the
IETF IPR WG mail list both need to be inviting places for open discussion.
Thanks in advance,
Russ
At 11:42 AM 10/24/2008, Tim Bray wrote:
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
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