Re: [tao-discuss] edit-a-thon discussion point s/Tao/'?'

[James Gannon <[e-mail]>]

I actually quite like that!

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From: Robert Sparks <[e-mail]> 
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Subject: Re: [tao-discuss] edit-a-thon discussion point s/Tao/'?'

At the risk of being cute/flippant, if you _do_ want to 'modernize' the title, consider just adding a subtitle:

Tao of the IETF

(This is the way)

RjS

On 1/19/22 6:28 AM, James Gannon wrote:
> I think there is a lot of history and connection to the title, unless its an absolute must I would err on the side of keeping it.
>
> -JG
>
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> From: tao-discuss <[e-mail]> On Behalf Of Niels 
> ten Oever
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2022 11:02 AM
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> Subject: [tao-discuss] edit-a-thon discussion point s/Tao/'?'
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am working in Github [0] and am present here [1], both for the remainder of the day.
>
> A few people have contacted me to ask whether we can change the name of the 'Tao of the IETF' to 'Way of the IETF', or 'IETF 101', or 'An Introduction to the IETF'.
>
> The arguments being made is that 'Tao' is a cultural reference that used to be quite known, but for many it isn't anymore. This decreases the usefulness of the document if people don't understand what it is supposed to do.
>
> How do people feel about this?
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
>
> [0] https://github.com/ietf/tao/edit/main/Tao.md
> [1] https://meet.jit.si/TaoHackathon
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