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Re: Jon Postel Re: 202210301538.AYC
From: Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3 () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:27:33 -0400
On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 2:37 AM Vasilenko Eduard via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
1. What is going on on the Internet is not democracy even formally, because there is no formal voting. 3GPP, ETSI, 802.11 have voting. IETF decisions are made by bosses who did manage to gain power (primarily by establishing a proper network of relationships). It could be even called “totalitarian” because IETF bosses could stay in one position for decades.
I do not see how it can be called totalitarian given the IETF Nomcom appointment and recall mechanisms. Admittedly it is not full on Sortition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sortition) but it is just one level of indirection from Sortition. (See https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/08/20/indirection-the-unsung-hero-of-software-engineering/?sh=2cc673587f47) Thanks, Donald
... Eduard
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- Re: Jon Postel Re: 202210301538.AYC Donald Eastlake (Oct 31)
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- Re: Jon Postel Re: 202210301538.AYC William Allen Simpson (Oct 31)
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