On 11/05/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Often important in that it can get a lot of people who don't agree with oneself and those one usually works with, and show that one may be wrong after all.
That's certainly the idea, but it isn't very effective at doing that. I don't doubt that it does work sometimes, but not nearly as often as it should.
I've seen a lot of "slam dunk" RFCs that proved to, er, not be. Tony Sidaway got some great ones. I think Tony Sidaway 3 sets the record for stupidest RFC I've seen on the wiki.
- d.