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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Sun, 10 July 1994 17:44 UTC

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From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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To: ala@lunacity.com
Cc: dee@skidrow.lkg.dec.com, ietf@CNRI.Reston.VA.US
In-Reply-To: Alyson L Abramowitz's message of Sat, 09 Jul 94 13:11:56 PDT <LyP8oc3w165w@LunaCity.com>
Subject: draft-ietf-mhsds-subtrees-05, draft-ietf-mhsds-infotree-05, draft-ietf-mhsds
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   From: Alyson L Abramowitz <ala@lunacity.com>
   Date: Sat, 09 Jul 94 13:11:56 PDT

   So you may not like the names The Directory,  PC,  or Word.  They are
   the realities of the world.  In order to communicate effectively
   they are the proper and accepted terms to use.  One cannot rewrite
   history or common usage and effectively enforce it.

Contexts are important.  What does "Word" mean?  In a Christian context,
"Word" means the Judeo-Christian Bible.  In the PC world, "Word" means
Microsoft Word, a word processor.  In the OSI context, "Directory" means
the X.500 context.  In other contexts, it many mean something very
different.

In the IETF context, we have not yet bought off on the concept that
X.500 is The Directory for the Internet.  So, it is appropriate in IETF
contexts to say, "The X.500 Directory".  To do otherwise is to risk much
confusion.

							- Ted

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