Re: [SPKM] Interoperability

>>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> writes:

    Nicolas> On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 02:23:50PM -0500, Sam Hartman
    Nicolas> wrote:
    >> * When will we get a spec out?  How long will the market wait?
    >> Sometimes, you have to accept that the market will deploy
    >> something and you have little influence on it.  In those cases
    >> it's better to write a compelling spec and hope that people
    >> will migrate.  Other times, if you can stretch to meet market
    >> timing, you can avoid the market deploying something that does
    >> not meet your spec.  That is very desirable.

    Nicolas> If we cannot get a spec that will meet our needs in time
    Nicolas> for the market then the proposed protocol could go to
    Nicolas> Informational and a spec that does meet our needs can
    Nicolas> later go to Proposed-Standard, using a different OID.

Yes.
I don't consider it a failure if the market has to do something while we work on a spec.

I will not sponsor this as informational, but nothing stops the
authors from going to the rfc editor.

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