[Standards] certification etc.

[Philipp Hancke]

old man xmpp wrote:
> I do. And it's a lot more productive than questioning fundamental design 
> decisions we made in 1999. If you don't like *those* then start your own 
> open messaging and presence technology. :)

Are those fundamental design decisions and the assumptions behind them
(like "the average user has 10 roster items") documented somewhere?