>Without standards there are no freedoms. Total freedom is a selfish >concept in today's societies, and rapidly becomes anarchy.
very nicely said. rules and/or 'standards' are agreements of a specific group in regards to a specific matter - e.g. internet user or car drivers or what are the laws of a country - groups function based on the amount of agreement there is between the individuals which make up such a group. in an anarchy there is no agreement and thus there is also no true advancement in such a group. thus any rules/agreement/policy is better than no such thing. with which I do not want to imply that rules and agreements can't change over time, be modified or improved. At times, when my head hurts from trying to grasp the latest technology, I WISH that our web languages would also take 20 years to go from one version to the next evolutionary step!. ---marlyse
