Ftp-WG: RE: MFXX questions

"Mark Symons" <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:09:53
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.ftpext
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> I've realized that MFxx is probably a bit misleading in
> that the 'file' part of the name should really be
> 'object'... but I'm not sure whether its worth changing
> the name now (to MOxx)... it depends if I'll get lynched
> by people who have already implemented MFxx - although a
> nice backdoor could be to say that MFxx is an alias for
> MOxx :-)

Don't worry about it.  You've got a name...  stick with it.  Opening a =
discussion on naming would only waste WG time. Put it this way... most =
people don't have a clue what the "M stands for in MLST, but that has =
not prevented anyone from implementing  support for it.

Mark Symons
Ipswitch, Inc
Augusta GA