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Re: Censure of Mr. Simpson




Stephen Kent writes:
> The IETF relies on voulenteers to do the real work of standards
> production and Bill's offer to write a document contributing to that work
> is laudable.  However, the work of this group has suffered from very poor
> documents in general and several members have cited Bill's documentation of
> Photuris as an example of specification that does not facilitate
> independent interoperable implementation.  Your individual experience to
> the contrary, this complaint about Bill's writing still stands.

Are we angry with Bill for being rude, or are we angry with him
because he is a poor writer? I would hate to think that one could be
censured for being a poor writer. I will add, however, that in my
opinion Bill is a very good writer from an implementors perspective.


Perry


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