On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 19:15:25 EST, Fred Baker said:
> Why let silent majority? I think it's because they are interested more in 
> using the technology than developing it, and mostly want to know whether it 
> is actually going to be useful. If it is going well, they monitor and move 
> on. If it goes into the dumpster, they just move on. If it goes a little 
> awry, they will sometimes send individual messages to the list, and more 
> often take one or more of the principal protagonists aside, and say "wait a 
> second, what's going on here?"

As Fred Baker sums up my 12 years or so involvement with various IETF
much better than I ever could have. ;)

                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech

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