Rough consensus and running code
We reject: kings, presidents and voting. We believe in: rough consensus and running code.
The standards elephant of yesterday - OSI
The standards elephant of today - it's right here.
As the Internet and its community grows, how do we manage the process of change and growth?
- Open process – let all voices be heard.
- Closed process – make progress
- Quick process – keep up with reality.
- Slow process – leave time to think
- Market drive process – the future is commercial
- Scaling driven process – the future is the Internet
Clark, D., "A Cloudy Crystal Ball - Visions of theFuture", Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Internet Engineering Task Force, pages 539-543, July 1992, <http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/24.pdf>.
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