Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!topaz!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!leong From: leong@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (John Leong) Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: IEEE 802 and ISO Message-ID: Date: Mon, 7-Jul-86 19:47:14 EDT Article-I.D.: andrew.MS.leong.0.ardara.219.6 Posted: Mon Jul 7 19:47:14 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Jul-86 06:33:38 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 24 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa re : Flaming about Standard Organisations While I was working for Philips (a large Dutch multi-national), I have actively particpated in various standard organisations such as CCITT, EMAC and IEEE. The problem was (and probably still is) that there has been virtually no representative from the IP world on any of those organisations. It is my contention that particpation in the important standard setting bodies is important so as to influence what is being developed as well as being aware of what is going on. However, participation can be very expensive both in term time and money. (I can remembered a series of working group meeting being held in Tokyo, Berlin, Vienna and Zurich : all before the introduction of frequent flyer programs!!!). As a result, only very large companies and government organisations has the resource to participate. I think it is very appropriate for DARPA to fund for the representation of the IP world and make sure that ideas developed here are heard. Otherwise, we will continue having to figure out how to adapt to other people's invention which will most likely to be incompactible and may well be inferior to what we have been doing. Leong