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That's just Spy Vs Spy, David. It is what it is. ... if you want to debate what is is, join the ranks of the recently umemployed. :-) I'm implying nothing. I'm saying it bold and loud: the W3C is not chartered nor entitled to represent public interest. If they do that, t is commendable. It is commendable when the Boy Scouts do it. If they accept non-RF conditions for their specifications, they represent their own members, but the public will have little or nothing to say about that unless asked. The public comment page was created and thousands have responded. What the W3C chooses to do next, the members choose. People can't lay this at Berners-Lee's feet. The membership has to decide what it is there to do and do that. He has a voice and I suspect is using it persuasively. Given his personal history and on the record statements, I'd be quite surprised if he favors non-RF RAND, but I think he would also be quite derelict in his role of W3C Director to fail to acknowledge the need for a policy, so one will be issued. len -----Original Message----- From: David Brownell [mailto:david-b@p...] > Pretense and policy are different texts. > > There has been an enormous pretense over the last > ten years and we are now facing the problems of > thinking such pretense is policy. It isn't. Or perhaps the issue is really that Certain Organizations are trying to make their policies supplant the policies of other organization ... the pretense isn't necessarily what you're implying it is. - Dave
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