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Re: [RE] Monday RE discussion announcement



John,

A related email has (I believe) resolved the issue;
with my acceptance of Bob Grow's terminology suggestion.

Personally, I prefer to work within the 802.3 written
rules, not relying on the context used within other
standards.

DVJ

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-stds-802-3-re@ieee.org
>> [mailto:owner-stds-802-3-re@ieee.org]On Behalf Of John Grant
>> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:59 AM
>> To: STDS-802-3-RE@listserv.ieee.org
>> Subject: Re: [RE] Monday RE discussion announcement
>>
>>
>> At 07:53 24/02/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>> >Bill,
>> >
>> >I still see no definition of the word "adhoc", the use of
>> >which Bob Grow seems to object. My assumption was always
>> >that adhoc implied unofficial.
>>
>> That's definitely not the case in some standards bodies: see
>> http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/ad-hoc_groups.htm for instance.
>>
>>
>> John Grant
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