privatizing the open standards process

I don't have time to comment fairly on this idea, this came out of 
the blue and I've got six impossible things to do in the next four 
hours. Forgive the brevity, I assume others will make up for my 
terseness.

I think it is a bad idea. You're implicitly inviting/forcing the open 
standards folks and other interests to create their _own_ open 
standards process, which by itself will disrupt the somewhat flawed 
existing process as it is --without your contribution, which will 
just add to the noise. The folks who develop some of the software 
technologies will not take this future direction lightly or in the 
best frame of mind. Do not become another embarrassment like ICANN...

YrObtSvt.,

Michael Brian Bentley
Chicago, Illinois

Received on Monday, 1 October 2001 15:04:40 UTC