John W Noerenberg II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 5:46 PM +0000 11/14/01, Lloyd Wood wrote: > > > >since when did the wider IETF community (if, indeed, there is such a > >thing) read [EMAIL PROTECTED]? > > One might get a sense of this by looking at the number of subscribers > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] vs. the number of people who show up at IETF > meetings.
Maybe you should consider the fact that some people: - don't have time to attend due to work or other activities. - aren't in a position to attend (finance, disabilities, distance). and many other factors? Not everybody is company funded... a 'great' but sorry note is for example the postponement of FreeBSD 5.0.... which should have been launched around now... but is postponed untill next year as 'some companies withdrew financial support' amongst others... meaning that some developers couldn't simply make time for another project because they didn't get payed for it... Ergo.... no money -> no work for good projects alongside your job (which earns you actual bread on your plate).... no money -> no ietf meetings... Quoting from the ietf site: "The registration fee is USD$425.00 if received by the..." not even taking care for traveling and hotel expenses and other costs which come along... Oee... students can get in for USD$150... let's see that's about 372,53 guilders which last time I checked some students can only just pay their rent for their room with here in holland... And then I am not even taking into point traveling costs though with recent events those have plummeted quite some... And what about this poor <insert random '3rd' world country> person who does have great ideas.. should he spend some 10 years of salary to attend one ietf meeting? Communicating by email is much cheaper then don't you think? Greets, Jeroen
