Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: the race to the bottom problem

[Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]>]

Brian E Carpenter wrote on 08/11/2020 22:05:
> That's the wrong question. It's 3GPP that created a problem. We are
> stuck with it, but that doesn't mean we should quietly concede.

it's ok to ask a question like this, and to question both the question 
and the answer.  Obviously the question was loaded in the "have you 
stopped beating your wife yet" sense, but there is a grain of truth to it?

The real question was: to what extent is the IETF going to restrain 
itself from making ipv6 protocol behaviour decisions because a different 
SDO made a move in a particular direction and stayed there?

If the IETF can't make changes to ipv6 protocol behaviour decisions 
relating to access technologies other than 3GPP, then does 6man feel it 
has any mandate for ongoing ipv6 protocol management relating to other 
generic access technologies and not just service provider access products?

I.e. is the tail wagging the dog here?  And if so, where does this end?

Nick