Jeff Bigler writes: | > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Chambers | > >Bernard Hill writes: | > >| Just one comment: having a software developer in charge of standards is | > >| a conflict of interests. S/he can drive the standard in the direction of | > >| his/her own software. | > > | > >Yeah, and I'd like to add that we also shouldn't have a musician in | > >charge of the standard, since s/he can drive the standard in the | > >direction of his/her own favorite musical styles. | > >be good to avoid this.) ... | Agreed on all counts. I think the comment about musicians was meant to | be tongue-in-cheek.
Hmm ... That's how I took it, and I wasn't expecting anyone to take my comment as anything other than totally absurd. (I even included a smiley.) However, I was hoping that someone else would follow my comment with something even sillier. I'm not sure how one could top the absurdity of a standard for music notation developed by a group that excludes musicians, but I hoped that someone would find a way. We are getting into what news people call the Silly Season ... To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
