Re: Micropayments List <micropayments@elab.co.uk>

amir.herzberg@il.ibm.com wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks to Iang for setting up this list. Frankly I'm not sure why a new
> list is needed, micropay@ai.mit.edu was fine for me, but I know better than
> to argue (I hope an infinite argument will not begin; may I humbly suggest
> that any arguments about whether another list is needed will be done off
> lists, or by setting a special `arguments-about-whether-we-need-more-lists`
> mailing list, or possibly a few of appropriately chartered lists). I'll
> just subscribe to this additional list and cross post, but only when I feel
> necessary. In particular excuse the cross posting of this note.

I don't intend to argue about it, but it is worth a small explanatory
note. If you are going to have an IETF WG, you need a list for it to do
its work on. It isn't really on for the list to _also_ be used for other
stuff. Hence the need for this list.

Cheers,

Ben.

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