[ih] [IP] OSI: The Internet That Wasn't

[Dave Crocker]

On 7/31/2013 8:20 PM, Tony Li wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:
>> You don't remember the way the IAB asserted itself onto the community, with very significant regularity.
>
> There you go again, telling me what's going on within my own head.  And it's as offensive as ever.

An IETFer being consistently offensive over the course of 25 years. 
Who'd have thought?

Does this mean I now need to worry about another glove challenging me to 
a dual?


> Yes, I do recall that.  It was an old boy's network.  They were very respected, even when we didn't agree with them.  They were trying to walk the fine line between exerting leadership and building consensus.  While they misstepped, the community overreacted.

There was no balancing act displayed in Kobe.  It was a spontaneous and 
preemptive termination of the consensus effort that had been underway 
and making progress.

The personal respect was the only reason the IAB wasn't summarily 
disbanded by the community, although the community's emasculation of the 
IAB came arbitrarily close.

d/

-- 
Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net