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Re: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?

Raveendra Torvi <rtorvi@juniper.net> Mon, 12 November 2012 17:20 UTC

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From: Raveendra Torvi <rtorvi@juniper.net>
To: Ross Callon <rcallon@juniper.net>, "adrian@olddog.co.uk" <adrian@olddog.co.uk>, "irs-discuss@ietf.org" <irs-discuss@ietf.org>
Thread-Topic: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?
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Subject: Re: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?
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Using acronym other than 'IRS' makes sense to me as it gives cleaner web search results.
Best,
Ravi

> -----Original Message-----
> From: irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Ross Callon
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 10:30 AM
> To: adrian@olddog.co.uk; irs-discuss@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?
> 
> I don't like the "IRS" acronym due to the similarity to the US tax folks.
> 
> RSI seems like a sensible acronym to me, and similar enough that people can
> make the connection. I am not sure what else RSI stands for, but Googling
> it right now I didn't see anything that would either confuse us, sue us, or
> audit our taxes (repetitive strain injury being the most obvious use of it
> -- I am assuming that Radio Slovakia won't notice if we use the acronym for
> something else).
> 
> Ross
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org] On
> Behalf Of Adrian Farrel
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:50 AM
> To: irs-discuss@ietf.org
> Subject: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?
> 
> Personally, I find discussions of what name/acronym to use a bit sad. I've
> had
> enough code review hours wasted debating the names of variables to not want
> to
> spend any more time on this sort of thing.
> 
> However, I note that there was some unease about the use of IRS. If we
> really
> need to find a new name for this work (and I note that RSI is also used for
> something else) we need to find a solution soon.
> 
> Can I suggest that only those people who have a strong objection to IRS
> need to
> contribute to the discussion. Furthermore, we don't need suggestions to be
> floated, we need solid and definite proposals. That way we will possibly
> reach a
> serious conclusion quickly.
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
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