Ian Murdock writes: > On 5/17/07, Richard L. Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Until an open collaboration of developers achieves the same > > documented process as industry or formal membership based bodies > > (ECMA, IEEE) or national (ANSI) or international standards bodies (ISO), > > _and_ there is a commitment to developing their "standards" in such a way > > that > > they are more or less platform neutral (which ultimately requires > > multi-platform development, i.e. participation of competing interests), I > > don't see how a group of developers can constitute any sort of a standard; > > at most, the product of their work will become the winner of an informal > > popularity contest. > > IETF?
There are some notable outlier cases, but the IETF primarily sets standards for the bits on the wire. In general, it's not at all concerned about user interface, operating system, or application design -- or even with coding -- which are exactly the issues we're discussing here. I don't see how that's relevant for the question at hand, which I believe was the importance of POSIX, SUS, and similar OS standards for modern systems (or the lack thereof). -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
