[Asrg] FeedBack loops

[Steve Atkins]

On Nov 14, 2008, at 11:43 AM, "David Nicol" <davidnicol at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com>  
> wrote:
>> BUT MY REAL POINT IS -- design by open-ended enumeration of specific
>> examples tends to go poorly.
>
> For design it might suck, but for requirements gathering open-ended
> brainstorming kicks ass.

When everyone involved is familiar with the current practices and  
issues, it can be. When a significant fraction aren't it's much more  
likely to end up being less useful.

Spam-related groups tend to have many more people interested in them  
than more prosaic protocol development groups, which is positive in  
some respects.

Cheers,
   Steve