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From: "Sabharwal, Atul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Franck Martin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Marshall T. Rose'"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Einar Stefferud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Fwd: Re: IP: Microsoft breaks Mime specification Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 15:27:35 -0800 Actually, this should also help businesses in terms of time to market. The amount of time it costs to do interoperability testing of a new product would come down significantly. Really makes QA a hell. -- Atul Sabharwal P.S : personal opinion -----Original Message----- From: Franck Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:54 PM To: 'Marshall T. Rose'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Einar Stefferud Subject: RE: Fwd: Re: IP: Microsoft breaks Mime specification There could be something here, where the IETF encourages private companies to set up a conformance certification program. The IETF/ISOC would need to create a logo/trademark "Internet Compatible", and then licence the right to certification companies... I think ISOC could be Interested in such scheme to support the IETF work. This could be a revenue stream for the IETF to help publish the RFCs My 0.02 euro Franck Martin Network and Database Development Officer SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission Fiji E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: http://www.sopac.org/ <http://www.sopac.org/> Support FMaps: http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/ <http://fmaps.sourceforge.net/> This e-mail is intended for its addresses only. Do not forward this e-mail without approval. The views expressed in this e-mail may not be necessarily the views of SOPAC. -----Original Message----- From: Marshall T. Rose [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 23 January 2002 9:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Einar Stefferud Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: IP: Microsoft breaks Mime specification the ietf does standardization, it does not do interoperability testing, conformance certification, or protocol policing. we rely on other organizations and the market for those tasks. /mtr
