Re: adapting IETF in light of github and similar tools

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Tue, 20 April 2021 11:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: adapting IETF in light of github and similar tools
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On 4/20/21 2:36 AM, Lloyd W wrote:

> Microsoft, famed for antitrust, controls GitHub.

I did say "and similar tools".   Though I realize there's a lot of 
investment in the github interface, there are alternatives that IETF 
could use if it decided to more fully embrace this way of working.

Keith