Hello Larry > That's my point. Is a standard really a standard if the majority does > not follow that particular rule? > > Standards are good things, but if you end up being the only one > following a specific set of spec's who are you hurting? > > If I was able to fix this I would. But currently I don't have the > skills.
If no one follows the standard, you get chaos and you will be chained to specific OS and or programs! That was the world of computing in the late 70s, when I starting to use computers. No one with a system from company A was able to read data produced with a system from company B. It's o.k. if someone tries to EXPAND a standard, if this will make things easier and the expansion doesn't make it impossible to use the data for persons which program doesn't understand this. But most of the extensions today are made for one reason: Make it impossible to use the data for the users of program X and nothing else! This can't be what we all want!? And it is one thing, to make good extensions for a standard or violating them! Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
