Mobile IP specifications are the product of one of IETF's Working Groups. The standardization process is completely open and based on volunteers' effort. This process is also complex and dynamic. ``Rough Consensus and Running Code" best expresses the general flavor of Mobile IP's standardization process. Sometimes, IETF Working Groups are highly efficient and produce high quality specifications in short time frames. That has not been the case with the Mobile IP Working Group. The CDPD specification effort was funded by a group of cellular service providers. The specification was developed by a small team of paid consultants under the direction of cellular service provider representatives. There was significant schedule pressure in the CDPD specification development process. The CDPD Release 1.0 specification was developed in less than a year, and the following Release 1.1 was developed in about one year.