Thank you for your response. U.S. Federal laws require that such discussions be held in open forums. As a individual from the .EDU community, I am not sure what your interest would be, but everyone is welcome to their opinion.
Jim Fleming http://www.DOT-BIZ.com http://www.in-addr.info 3:219 INFO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Massey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [Enum] (no subject) > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] dropped from this thread > > You posted to the ietf list so I assume you want some feedback from > the thousands of people like me who read the list. > > First, you are asking for the disclosure of "widely reported" > information. Think about the logic of that for minute. > I'm not sure what you mean by disclose, but my dictionary says: > disclose: To make known something heretofore kept secret. > > Second, why should I care about Tony and Dave's employment > history? It is true that IETF topics have commercial implications, > but the technical merit of an idea is not related to how it impacts > the foo.com business plan. Stick to the technical content and > discuss corporate agendas elsewhere. I don't see any technical > point here that warrants the attention of the entire IETF. > > Dan > > Jim Fleming wrote: > > > > Dave, > > > > Do you think it is ethical for people to not disclose who is paying them > > and what their real agenda is ? > > > > It is widely reported that you are paid by Neustar, Neulevel, ICANN, > > and/or MCI/Worldcom (i.e. Vinton Cerf). > > > > Will you be disclosing who has paid you all these years to participate > > in discussions as if you are a neutral party ? > >
