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Bruce, Having multiple [symmetric] profiles raises concerns . If conformance is the minimum to meet and we’re creating multiple minimums, doesn’t it always go down to the lowest common denominator? How would the average consumer (or non-KM vendor) understand this and work with multiple minimums? ...

I can’t say I disagree with the points being made. I think it all goes down to the goal of the I in KMIP, how interoperable do we want to make it? Interoperable in a vertical segment or horizontal across the enterprise? I think what we are leaning toward the former at the expense of the latter. ...

I wanted to re-iterate what I talked about on the last conference call in looking at conformance at a higher level. I have a concern that multiple server profiles will fragment adoption and increase the complexity and/or frailty of interoperability. Here’s the scenario I’d like to avoid. ...