On NN workshop RE: Re: [governance] Three IGC workshops ) NN FYI DIPLO

[Norbert Bollow]

parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> On Friday 15 April 2011 08:55 PM, McTim wrote:
> >
> > NB: this is the same point made by PJS, just comes at it from a
> > different perspective.
> >
> > Sure I can do that.  How shall I/we define what we mean by  NN??
> >
> > I think we are all for NN, just some of us have different definitions.
> >
> I dont think it is so. I completely agree with the definition that FCC 
> uses for NN (available at the link 
> http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnprm.htm forwarded earlier by 
> Adam). And I have seen all serious advocates of NN  agree to such a 
> definition. This thing about different definitions is mostly a red herring.

There's a similar phenomenon in the context of the conflicts around
"open standards". Those companies who benefit from having a dominant
market position together with customer lock-in via proprietary
communication protocols and/or data formats typically don't argue
against "open standards", but rather they agree superficially while
getting involved at verious levels in the processes that shape
actual practical policy with the goal of making sure that when
actually implemented, the "open standards" policy doesn't achieve
the objectives that were intended by its initial proponents.

Greetings,
Norbert
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