>    It is a regrettably well spread misconception that publication as an
>    RFC provides some level of recognition.  It does not, or at least not
>    any more than the publication in a regular journal. 

Um, then why do Internet-Drafts exist, if RFCs are still what they were
originally intended to be?

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