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Re: [SPKM] Interoperability

Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> Tue, 31 October 2006 21:12 UTC

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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:12:46 -0600
From: Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com>
To: Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: [SPKM] Interoperability
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 02:23:50PM -0500, Sam Hartman 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.

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

Nico
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