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Re: Wow, we're famous, was WG Review: Effective Terminology in IETF Documents (term)

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 13 April 2021 20:05 UTC

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From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: Wow, we're famous, was WG Review: Effective Terminology in IETF Documents (term)
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Today's New York Times has a feature article about our terminology debate on page B1.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/13/technology/racist-computer-engineering-terms-ietf.html

Anyone prone to heartburn would be well advised to skip the comments.

R's,
John

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