Re: Eating the dog food

[Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phill,

We held a workshop about this dogfood "Internet Technology Adoption and Transition" (ITAT) in December, where we talked a bit about that, not just from a security perspective.  I'll have a draft of the report posted when the directory reopens, and there will be a brief BRIEF report in the tech plenary (which will be busy).

Eliot

On 2/21/14, 3:56 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

We have a lot of security protocols that the IETF does not deploy on its own sites.

There is thus a push from many quarters to have the IETF eat its own dog food which is of course an excellent idea.

But could I just point out that the point is not to eat the dog food so as to convince ourselves just how tasty and yummy it is. The value of a dog food program comes when the manufacturer realizes that there is a reason the dogs don't like it and changes the recipe.

Without feedback, the process is like doing usability evaluations in a lab and taking no notice of the outcomes.

I am seeing a lot of groups demanding the IETF eat the dog food but rather fewer asking why they dog food isn't being eaten.

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