Re: [Gendispatch] Geography and the IETF mission

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Wed, 13 May 2020 03:55 UTC

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To: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>, gendispatch@ietf.org
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] Geography and the IETF mission
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On 13-May-20 15:18, John Levine wrote:
> In article <81196658-51ae-cd36-9b3e-6237f8884d47@gmail.com>,
> Brian E Carpenter  <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The IETF owes no loyalty to any particular economic, geographical or cultural groupings.
> 
> We seem pretty committed to speaking English.

True. But that's the closest thing the world (at least, the high tech world) has to a lingua franca these days.

    Brian