Comment by woah
15 hours ago
No literally, the IETF meets 3x a year in a different location each time and all the guys from with cargo shorts from the companies you named argue about IPv6 minutia all day and spend their per diem by night. It's actually a lot of fun.
Ah yes exotic locations like San Francisco, New York, London, Prague, Sydney, and Tokyo. Totally not major business hubs or anything.
Some of those locations probably did feel more exotic back in the early 90s than they do today... but they're also sensible places to hold international conferences. Where are you supposed to do them, if not there?