Re: If I may inquire, what exactly does the IETF Organization stand for? Acronym aside. What is the goal? Who are you people?

Yoav Nir <ynir.ietf@gmail.com> Fri, 25 July 2014 14:33 UTC

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Subject: Re: If I may inquire, what exactly does the IETF Organization stand for? Acronym aside. What is the goal? Who are you people?
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As one former AD summed it up once: “to make the Internet work better”.

Yoav