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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oliver,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My thought is that the IETF ought to offer an
invitation to ITU to participate in the official Internet Standards process just
as other organizational members have provided unencumbered RFC types of
interactions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a World that appears to be experiencing
increasing pressures for all sorts of turmoil, this is not the time for major
organizations, be they political, social, governmental, commercial or any other
sort of grouping, to try to start yet another unneeded battle for
supremacy. Just my $.02.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Mike Todd<BR>President, Mike Todd Associates - <A
href="http://www.MikeTodd.com">www.MikeTodd.com</A><BR> <BR>President,
Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter - <A
href="http://www.ISOC-LA.org">www.ISOC-LA.org</A><BR> <A
href="mailto:toddm@isoc-la.org">toddm@isoc-la.org</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Founder, Digital Divide Task Force, <A
href="http://www.ddtf.org">www.ddtf.org</A> (undergoing updates)<BR> <A
href="mailto:miketodd@ddtf.org">miketodd@ddtf.org</A><BR> <BR>Western Trade
Adjustment Assistance Center (Western TAAC)<BR> Phoenix, Arizona program
expansion center<BR>Western Research Application Center, Viterbi School of
Engineering,<BR>University of Southern California</DIV>
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<A title=ocl@gih.com href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 06, 2009 16:49</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Chapter-delegates] The Future
Internet</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ITU has recently released a free document
(Hip hip hurray! Finally a free document from ITU !), describing their vision
of The Future Internet. This might not be their sole vision, but it is one
vision.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.itu.int/oth/T230100000A/en">http://www.itu.int/oth/T230100000A/en</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have found the document to be interesting
reading. However, I have found several instances where a question is raised
for the sole purpose to instill doubt in the reader's mind wrt the Internet
being able to evolve. Is this a special writing style? Is this wanted? There
are plenty of question marks looming about the subject.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another interesting part is Annex A, where the
authors provide a list of the current ITU-T study groups working on
Internet-related matters. It looks like a well orchestrated choice of
subjects. Is ITU planting its fence posts in the standards field, in time for
future networks? Indeed, can I ask a burning question: is there Internet space
for two standards bodies - IETF & ITU - in those subjects?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of particular importance is the last line of the
conclusion:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT size=2>As a result, this Report has
surveyed the debate over Internet architecture, and identified key emerging
trends and features of the Internet, in an attempt to provide pointers for
future standards work for consideration by the ITU-T membership and the
broader standards community. "</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So the ITU's back on the forefront of
Internet-related standards - or at least, it plans to be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd be interested in hearing what others think
about this document.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- <BR>Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD<BR><A
href="http://www.gih.com/ocl.html">http://www.gih.com/ocl.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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