> > It is perfectly fine to review a specification, understand the intent of > > the original designer, and suggest ways to better achieve the same > > result. That is exactly what working groups are supposed to do. It is > > also perfectly fine, if the original designer won't change their design, > > to publish an alternative design that hopefully works better, and then > > rely on market forces to sort it out. But it is not fine to try to > > prevent the original designer from actually shipping products, either by > > preventing publication of the specification or by trying to prevent > > deployment. > > On the contrary, it is our duty to do all of these things. > > What is not fine is for participants to expect IETF to lend its support to > bad designs.
Well, who made us kings? It is one thing to work and publish designs that hopefully will be good. It is quite another to judge someone else's design and brand it bad. It is far better to let the market be judge. -- Christian Huitema
