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 6We reject: kings, presidents and voting.
 7We believe in: <mark>rough consensus and running code.</mark>
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11![Screenshot of slides](/assets/2025/rough-consenus-running-code.png)
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13> The standards elephant of yesterday - OSI
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15> The standards elephant of today - it's right here.
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17> As the Internet and its community grows, how do we manage the process of change and growth?
18> * Open process -- let all voices be heard.
19> * Closed process -- make progress
20> * Quick process -- keep up with reality.
21> * Slow process -- leave time to think
22> * Market drive process -- the future is commercial
23> * Scaling driven process -- the future is the Internet
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25Clark, D., "A Cloudy Crystal Ball - Visions of theFuture", Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Internet Engineering Task Force, pages 539-543, July 1992, <[http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/24.pdf](http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/24.pdf)>.
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31See also [[RFC7282]], On Consensus and Humming in the [[IETF]]