Joe Touch wrote:
> It is a paradox to begin one standard by selectively omitting
> current standards (e.g., RFC1122).
I believe that that is called "making progress". Cited
from section 4.20 of RFC-1336:
"I think three factors contribute to the success of the
Internet:
1) public documentation of the protocols,
2) free (or cheap) software for the popular machines, and
3) vendor independence."
Thus, it is not "end-to-end-purity" or because the existence
of any organization.
Speaking of keeping standards, I am wondering why STD-2
is still RFC-1700, although the current version is kept by
IANA at http://www.iana.org/numbers.htm .
regards,
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