> From: Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@xxxxxxxxx> > > Just FYI that I wrote another article, this time on "permissionless > innovation" and the role of open standards. A nice summary! No permit had to be applied [for], no new network had to be built, and no commercial negotiation with other parties was needed when Facebook started, for instance. And one consequence is, "No incumbent could value-price its services so as to extract the added value created by Facebook." But I don't think that would be very popular at the ITU! The critical difference is that the IETF is an organization of *buyers* rather than an organization of *sellers*. Dale