On Thus June 29 kelly replied;
>Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!!!!!
The problem isn't standards per se but rather a combination of
unthinking adherence to past standards and excessively slow
standards-making bodies.
I disagree that standards are not at fault.
I agree that Standards bodys are unthinking and excessively slow.
They are Commitees.
Well-documented industry standards increase
competition, lower consumer costs, increase quality, and accelerate
innovation.
I agree with everything but the last two words.
I am not concerned with "me too-ism" it does all the stated points
except innovation.
The clarity button on my word processor seems broken but I'll try.
The web and internet is composed of a bunch of protocols.
These are not standards but the agreement that if I send this
I mean xyz and I expect abc back.
PAP Password authenticating protocol.
SMTP simple mail transport protocol. etc...
HTML is a language. The standards are a dictionary of what each word means
We now have SGML, XML ad naseum standards.
Protocols allow innovation. Standards stifle it.
In 1958 we designed a 3dimensional tv broadcast/receiver system.
There were Three roadblocks. The speed and size of a computer,
the manufacturing capability of the glass industry and the NTSC standards.
Two of the three are being met today.
JoAnne Abbott C.E.T.
To meditate on;
Can't is two words that are contracted.
Can do cannot be contracted.
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