April 2009 for final approval is indeed correct. Yes, IEEE can grind exceedingly slow. The IEEE 802.11 Working Group has approved Draft 2.0 with over 75%, but in order to go to the next level of balloting, it'll have to get well over 90% approval. And then, that only to go to Sponsor Balloting, and it has to get over 90% there, as well. The minimum number of ballots historically was 5, and the maximum was 15 ballots. Also, there is no guarantee that final equipment will work with equipment based on Draft 2.0. The draft can change throughout this process.
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JOATMON @ Mar 15th 2007 8:14PM
April 2009 for final approval is indeed correct. Yes, IEEE can grind exceedingly slow. The IEEE 802.11 Working Group has approved Draft 2.0 with over 75%, but in order to go to the next level of balloting, it'll have to get well over 90% approval. And then, that only to go to Sponsor Balloting, and it has to get over 90% there, as well. The minimum number of ballots historically was 5, and the maximum was 15 ballots.
Also, there is no guarantee that final equipment will work with equipment based on Draft 2.0. The draft can change throughout this process.