> From: Lloyd Wood <l.wood@eim.surrey.ac.uk> > To: wcraig72 <wcraig72@yahoo.com> > cc: Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com>, ietf <ietf@ietf.org> > > ......where does BOF come from? I understand the meaning but why is it used > > here? > > Birds of a Feather flock together. That may be a little terse for those who didn't recognize the shorter phrase. So see http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Birds+of+a+Feather+flock+together%22 including http://www.xrefer.com/entry/629587 http://www.goenglish.com/BirdsOfAFeatherFlockTogether.asp http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/birds.asp Vernon Schryver vjs@rhyolite.com