(1) Tradition. (2) To distinguish people with similar names that are affiliated with different organizations. Thanks, Donald ====================================================================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd dee3@torque.pothole.com 155 Beaver Street +1-508-634-2066(h) +1-508-851-8280(w) Milford, MA 01757 USA Donald.Eastlake@motorola.com On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Spencer Dawkins wrote: > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:39:51 -0600 > From: Spencer Dawkins <sdawkins@cynetanetworks.com> > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: Registration silliness > > So I'm wondering why, if we're all individuals at the IETF, > "Company" is a required field on the registration form? > > Mysteriously yours, > > Spencer > > > >