The ISOC should surely do it!
If that does not destroy  them, nothing will;-)...\Stef


At 16:55 -0800 27/01/02, Kyle Lussier wrote:
>  > > 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

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