On Sep 26, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > I'm not focusing on the pros/cons of wave. I'm focusing on calling > something a "new standard" which is not a standard because it's exclusive. > If there's a product which is apple-only or google-only or MS-only, you > can't call it a new standard, unless you want to qualify that, by calling it > an "industry standard" or something like that, which imples it's not a > standard so much as a near universal adoption by consumers.
Try actually taking a look at what is written at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime Yes, FaceTime is right now an Apple-only product. Heck, it doesn't even interface with any other Apple products (like iChat). However, that doesn't change the fact that it is composed primarily of existing standards, and that Apple is actively involved in taking the rest and making that a standard as well. As in International standard. As in Internet standard. As in real-deal actual standards-based standard. I didn't claim that FaceTime was there yet. But if you want to criticize a product or a service, you should actually take the time to learn one iota or two about it, before you start bashing it. -- Brad Knowles <b...@shub-internet.org> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
