Joel, the small shops you worked for were in the US, right? Lloyd Wood http://sat-net.com/L.Wood/ ________________________________________ From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joel M. Halpern [jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 23 March 2013 03:24 To: Mark Prior Cc: John C Klensin; ietf@xxxxxxxx Discussion; Eric Burger Subject: Re: Less Corporate Diversity I would have to disagree with: On 3/22/2013 11:17 PM, Mark Prior wrote: ... > > Hi John, > > I think that any small shop (whatever that means) would be put off if > they sent someone to an IETF as it appears that it is dominated by the > big vendors pushing their own agendas. Given that impression I imagine > the small shop has better things to do with its resources. > > Mark. > > While I work for a very large shop now, for most of my career I have worked for small or mid-size shops. Even startups. And all saw value in sending me to IETF meetings. Yours, Joel