On 23/10/2012, at 10:16 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I can't speak for Anne, but having experienced the IETF via the hybi work, > my own opinion is that the main reason I wouldn't work with the IETF is > that the community these days values consensus over technical value and > running code, and the culture in the IETF doesn't value the kind of > specification style that IMHO leads to better interop. For example, this > very thraed -- we're having to argue to convince people that defining > error handling is even a valuable thing to do. Wait - who's making that argument? References, please. > I have no interest in > attempting to get anything done in an environment where that's the level > at which the conversation starts. -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/