> > I seem to be getting two conflicting viewpoints: > > > > #1 Vendors can only be trusted to be interoperable on their own, > > and can not be forced to conform. > > > > #2 Vendors absolutely can't be trusted to be interoperable, > > without conformance testing. > > Kyle, in all kindness, you're missing the most fundamental > viewpoint expressed here recently: The IETF isn't the place, > nor is it the organization, that could or should take on the > role of interoperability-cop.
Some have proposed the ISOC as a body to do this kind of thing. Is it also public opinion that the ISOC should or shouldn't do something like this? I agree with all of everything being said. We mostly just need to find the "right" body to do this kind of thing, and it's still gotta be a "jury of peers" for it to have any value. We need a "United Nations of Standards Citizenship". Kyle Lussier AutoNOC LLC
