On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 09:47:07 -0400, John C Klensin wrote:
> Carsten,
> 
> You have just gone where I didn't want to go (at least on-list)
> because it might take us into some IETF/IAB political issues
> (past and present) but, yes, your students are good at their
> work.   Some generalizations (with the understanding that a few
> details might be close but not exactly right these days):
> 
[big snip - all good points for sure]

We seem to be drifting off the target here.  And the graybeards may 
remember when ISO-OSI was swamped by TCP/IPv4 and Ethernet.

The big problem is that most people cannot access ISO standards at 
any remotely plausible effort and price.  Even very large companies 
find the expense of maintaining current versions of ISO standards 
impractical.

So these standards are specified far more than they are followed. 

So, what remedy is practical?  In areas of conflict, it may be 
necessary to explicitly override ISO, because the world didn't go 
that way.

Joe Gwinn

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