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Re: Internet 2020 Goals

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Tue, 05 August 2014 16:28 UTC

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On 8/4/2014 12:14 PM, Pranesh Prakash wrote:
> Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> [2014-05-27 11:00:58 -0700]:
>> Unless the IETF is prepared to put up research money to back it up*,
>> making statements about the future of the Internet is unproductive
>> prognostication.
>
> Isn't this what the IRTF is supposed to be about?

The IRTF is a venue where people who are paid by other resources can 
exchange ideas. The IRTF contributes only:
	- email lists (which are freely available elsewhere)
	- in-person meetings (which are paid by registration fees)

The IRTF does not contribute research money.

Joe

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