Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!
A monologue from a biased tech.
A historical perspective,"slightly slanted".
In 1934 the FCC set standards for am radio and other communication mediums.
In 2000 am radio is not significantly different (technically),quality of
product ??.
The Nat
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, JoAnne Abbott wrote:
> Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!
So that's why Micro$oft blatantly ignores them...
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, JoAnne Abbott wrote:
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> Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!
Uh-huh.
And when web pages _don't_ follow the standards, they can't be
seen on browsers by any companies that don't know the un-standard.
Certain companies seem to make use of that sort of thing to
Jenn v replied to my diatribe
Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!
Uh-huh.
And when web pages _don't_ follow the standards, they can't be
seen on browsers by any companies that don't know the un-standard.
Certain companies seem to make use of that sort of thing to lock
people into
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:17:57 -0700, "JoAnne Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>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. Well-documented in
Alright that original message was proly flame bait.. but I'm going to
bite...
Without some form of standardization.. computers wouln't comunicate...
for all it's faults/holes/and other evilnesses I LOVE tcpip... it makes
sense.. and it works... (well that and it's faults help keep me employed
:)
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 Stan
JoAnne Abbott wrote:
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> On Thus June 29 kelly replied;
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> >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 standar
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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [issues] Standards?? PHOOEY!!!
> JoAnne Abbott wrote:
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> > On Thus June 29 kelly replied;
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> > >Standards are the straitjacket of innov
