Re: [arch-d] on the nature of architecture discussion

Stewart Bryant <stewart.bryant@gmail.com> Mon, 06 April 2020 13:54 UTC

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Subject: Re: [arch-d] on the nature of architecture discussion
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> You certainly don't want to do this from mic lines. It's too easy for "random-ietf-bigot" to have opinions about architecture that don't add anything (other than for those collecting lists of opinions). Contributors need to have had to do some work, like writing an accepted paper, to even get into the room.
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Interesting idea, let’s apply that to the IETF sessions as well: no one can get into the room unless that have published an RFC? 

On the other hand, perhaps not :)

- Stewart