>�SM,
> (it is generally appreciated in the IETF to use real first and last name).
Hi, Ulrich.
This is actually a very cultural issue. �I'll point out that in U.S. culture it's common for people named William to go by "Bill", or for people to regularly use nicknames such as "Bud" or "Woody". �Do we call those "real" names? �For south Asians, Thais, and others with very long names, it's culturally common to use abbreviations -- someone named "Gopalakrishnan" might be "Gopal", and use of initials is common.
SM is well known here by his initials, and switching to "Subramanian Moonesamy" won't benefit anyone. �He knows the IETF culture as well as his own, and "SM" is perfectly fine, and is what we know him by.
Does that help?
Barry