> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd Wood [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 1:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: HTML better for small PDAs
>
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Would you not concede, though, that coders ( should ) write to implement
> > requirements, which are typically not defined by the coders themselves,
> but
> > by their "customers" ?
>
> That's _exactly_ what the ISO OSI committees thought.
>
> > The IETF publishes lots of I-Ds which give
> > requirements, rather than coding solutions. The people who write these
> > requirements are not necessarily coders themselves.
>
> Anyone can submit an ID. Many do.
>
> Oddly, coding experience is better-reflected in the RFCs and STDs.
>
>
> > In my, limited, coding experience, I don't recall finding ASCII diagrams
> as
> > part of the code. Poor diagrammatic capability is one of the problems I
> > have with ASCII.
>
> I? (What happened to those ID writers working for you?)
They're still writing I-Ds.
> > IMHO, standards are about far more than writing code; first, and most
> > importantly, they are about achieving agreement.
>
> That's _exactly_ what the ISO OSI committees thought.
>
> > Regards,
> >
> > Graham Travers
> >
> > Applications Standards Strategist
>
> I'm curious. What, exactly, does an ASS do?
I spend a lot of time sitting, and getting other people to write
I-Ds.
BTW, I never was on an ISO OSI committee. Telepathy ?
> thanks,
>
> L.
>
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