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

Joseph Touch <touch@strayalpha.com> Mon, 06 April 2020 14:54 UTC

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> On Apr 6, 2020, at 6:25 AM, Bob Briscoe <ietf@bobbriscoe.net> wrote:
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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.

In various areas, that’s called an echo chamber (or worse).

There are conferences with that reputation too; let’s not aspire to that.

Joe