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From: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: What is the IAB?
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Date: 2 Jun 90 21:50:41 GMT
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Yes, I should modify my earlier statement as follows: the IAB *usually*
follows a "fly before buy" policy regarding protocol standardization.  The
fact that political pressure from the OSI camp has occasionally corrupted
the process doesn't make this principle any less important. Indeed it seems
that several other missteps within the Internet community can be traced to
this same cause. The use of ASN.1 within SNMP, for example.

Phil