- From: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:00:54 -0800
- To: moore@cs.utk.edu
- CC: Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>, discuss@apps.ietf.org
Keith, Thursday, November 7, 2002, 9:34:20 AM, you wrote: Keith> It seems quite reasonable to me that different MIME-based apps would Keith> make different choices here, perhaps, except for the facts that, a) they do not currently make those choices based on benefits of one over the other, b) there is no clear guidance about the differences between the two that warrants choosing between them, c) as I note in the draft, having different working groups make different choices merely serves to ENSURE continued market fragmentation. Let's be clear: my draft is not about the merits of either spec, nor about the merits of seeking a single standard. It is about the nasty but well-established market realities that we face for MIME security. A standards group that ignores market feedback is engaged in expensive efforts with no practical benefit. d/ -- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> TribalWise <http://www.tribalwise.com> t +1.408.246.8253; f +1.408.850.1850
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