On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:21 AM, SM <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hannes, > > At 12:19 PM 7/29/2012, Hannes Tschofenig wrote: > >> The IETF allows open participation and, as such, everyone, including >> companies that develop enterprise software, are free to participate in the >> discussions. >> >> Do you think open participation is wrong? >> > > It depends on what open participation means in the above. If it is open > participation by companies, I don't have any problem with it as long as the > relevant BCPs are updated to reflect that.
I think it's impossible to determine with certainty whether someone standing at the mic and asserting a position is doing so based on what an employer is insisting on doing, or that person's opinion. We purport to participate as individuals. It's entirely possible that a person's opinion happens to concur with her employer's opinion rather than being told what to say. Does that mean the corporation is the participant and not the person? So when I hear these sorts of allegations of corporate domination of the standards process, I have to wonder how true they are. I have a pretty big corporate name on my badge this time, but I'm not here pushing any specific agenda I was given. -MSK
