Re: An observation

[chris@hal.iodesign.com (Christopher Ambler)]

>>Seriously, the room was loaded with engineers with personal principles
>>based mostly upon the traditional academic internet. The advertising
>>and marketing community was not represented at all.
>
>	Simon, this is a common belief and it is wrong.  There were 2,000
>people at that IETF and most had not been to an IETF meeting before.  The
>'traditional' ietf community comprises a few hundred folk, at most.  Since
>I was the first commercial participant in an ietf I can tell you that
>before things got commercial, there were about 40 participants.
>
>	To repeat:  The vast majority of ietf attendees are part of a
>commercial enterprise.  Assigning them the role of 'academic' suggests that
>they do not appreciate or subscribe to the goals of their employer.  This,
>I think, is follie.

Sure, there were plenty of commercial participants, but they WERE NOT AT 
THE IAHC MEETING.

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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.