On 3/20/2013 3:18 PM, Eric Burger wrote: > How much is the concentration of corporate participation in > the IETF a result of market forces, like consolidation and > bankruptcy, as opposed to nefarious forces, like a company > hiring all of the I* leadership? We have mechanisms to deal > with the latter, but there is not much we can do about the > former.
I am not catching the question. Are you concern there is an increasing potential for a "conflict of interest" loophole the IETF may no longer afford to manage and control?
We will always have Cooperative Competition. The IETF damage can only be to sanction the standardization of a problematic method or technology and/or the straggle hold of a market direction. Generally, the market will speak for itself. We need the market and technology leaders for the rest to follow, but the IETF role should continue to be the gatekeeper and watchdog for open and public domain standards.
-- HLS
