Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Everybody following a different standard would make standards > pointless.]
Yes, of course everybody will agree with you there. But isn't innovation important? If I come up with a new modified standard, and prominently plaster big warnings all over it that this isn't the original standard, why shouldn't I be allowed to distribute it? Why shouldn't I be allowed to distribute patches so that programs follow this new standard? What if my idea is a good one and the standards body see it and incorporates it into the next standard? Is innovation of standards only allowed to come from the specified standards committee itself? > There is always a loss of information when translation > occurs. Manoj, you certainly don't allow anybody to get away with even the tiniest of generalities. Of course there is a loss of information when translation occurs. But surely you're not saying that translations are bad? Guy
