At 11:06 AM 2/5/99 -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote:
>
>> ...say things like "open is open", like it was some kind of
>> absolute characteristic, instead of the rather vague relative
>> charactistic it actually is.
>
>My metric is this:
>
>A system is "open" if there is a means for an effective two-way dialog
>between "outsiders" and the body which is purported to be "open".
Karl, I believe your metric is rather more strict that that, since you have
previously taken exception of IETF processes. Since the IETF is a major
example of global, open decision making, and since I believe there is no
other global decision making group that is even close to the openness of
the IETF, this suggests that your criteria are both more strict, and
tending towards seeking the experimental.
d/
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