[Asrg] ASRG progress?

[SM]

At 09:33 02-12-2008, Dave CROCKER wrote:
>As nearly as I can tell, all of this latest flurry of discussion on 
>the ASRG has been exploring topics that have been explored 
>repeatedly elsewhere, consuming (and wasting) much energy, with no 
>useful results.

It's about the same level of discussion as in 2003.

>Perhaps I've missed the productive output.
>
>So I thought I'd ask:
>
>      Since this is supposed to be a "research" group, what has been 
> studied that is new?

We're in the middle of a long discussion about ePostage with nothing 
substantive except for the pointer to a paper provided by Bart.

>      What new avenues have been suggested that have (or look likely 
> to) develop group consensus as promising?

I personally don't see any group consensus on the topics under discussion.

>      What has been learned?

If the two sides cannot have a reasonable discussion, the "research" 
group will end up the same way as before.

Regards,
-sm

P.S. Can we avoid analogies as most, if not all, of the subscribers 
to this list have a good understanding of email?