- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:18:47 +1100
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Cc: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>, Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen@nordsc.com>, Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>, "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, URI <uri@w3.org>, IETF Discussion <ietf@ietf.org>
On 23/10/2012, at 10:16 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > I can't speak for Anne, but having experienced the IETF via the hybi work, > my own opinion is that the main reason I wouldn't work with the IETF is > that the community these days values consensus over technical value and > running code, and the culture in the IETF doesn't value the kind of > specification style that IMHO leads to better interop. For example, this > very thraed -- we're having to argue to convince people that defining > error handling is even a valuable thing to do. Wait - who's making that argument? References, please. > I have no interest in > attempting to get anything done in an environment where that's the level > at which the conversation starts. -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/
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