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Re: [dnsext] BOF on variants for ICANN San Francisco

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org> Wed, 09 March 2011 20:38 UTC

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On 3/9/11 12:16 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> No hat.
>
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 11:36:56AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
>
>> Further, the term "variant" has a relatively well understood meaning in
>> the TLD policy context, where it is generally understood to be a
>> simplification of several thorny technical problems.
>
> I suspect I disagree with the above claim.  Specifically, I think I
> disagree with "well understood".

+1. I would go further to say "people who think they understand it 
clearly are either thinking that most other people don't share that 
understanding, or are ignoring the history written on the pages of many 
IETF mailing lists".

I would have much preferred ICANN staff to have chosen a word that 
reflects the still-rampant lack of a good term.

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