[ih] This Review is for Everyone

Andrew Sullivan ajs at crankycanuck.ca
Thu Mar 12 12:11:49 PDT 2026


Dave,

I did not say that, as I think you know perfectly well. I also think it’s tiresome (not to say rude) to make your interlocutors routinely need to point out a straw person. 

Regards,

A
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Andrew Sullivan 
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> On Mar 12, 2026, at 12:40, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> On 3/12/2026 9:28 AM, Andrew Sullivan via Internet-history wrote:
>> Like it or not, all the legal existence of the IETF is subordinate to the Internet Society.
> 
> 
> Ahh.  So the IETF did not exist before ISOC.  And if ISOC disappeared, so would the IETF.
> 
> Good to know.
> 
> d/
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