> From: Dave Crocker <dhc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > I think his slides do miss some essential points For me, the biggest one is regarding non-US people (whether you measure 'US' by citizenship, or residence) working for US-'based' multi-nationals. (That too is a complex question, as their country of incorporation may not be where their main nexus us, although for many tech companies it is.) He counted such people as 'US', but I think that's a simple gloss on a more complex reality. And of course it goes both ways - what about, e.g. US citizens working for a non-US company? What box do they go in? If you go by the company's country, for US companies (even if the personnel are non-US citizens, residing in their native country), would the same rule apply to non-US companies? Actually, probably a bigger issue than national bias is the dominance of vendors (who can afford to send personnel), versus users. Noel