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Re: Alternative decision process in RTCWeb

Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com> Thu, 28 November 2013 17:03 UTC

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Subject: Re: Alternative decision process in RTCWeb
From: Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com>
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On Nov 28, 2013, at 11:29 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> wrote:
> As merely one obvious example, people can simply be tired of the impasse
> and eagerly seek progress and be willing to settle on any mechanism they
> think will fairly break it -- even if it works against the outcome they
> prefer.

The one tidbit you may be missing is that the working group specifically chose not to do a coin toss.   So "willing to settle for any mechanism" clearly doesn't apply in this case.

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