Re: comedi as a POSIX standard

Baldwin, Stu W (JFTI) wrote:
> Knowing that we agree on the objective, I can't understand why you are
> finding fault with a Web based collaboration as the means of achieving that
> objective.

I not only didn't find fault with it, I didn't mention it at all. Go for it.

> [description of web collaboration edlided]

Thanks. I'm familiar with the web :-).

> If commercial venders are needed "to invest in the development required to
> support a formal standard from a recognized body", I see no reason why they
> wouldn't invest in the development of an IEEE spec via Web technology. If it
> means paying Herman to write the spec, then by all means, pay Herman to
> write the spec. If it means buying the committee a nice hotel in Orlando
> during the colder months, why not eliminate that cost, and make the spec
> available to IEEE members for free. 

That's a cheap shot, and not helpful. The cost of IEEE standards does 
not pay for hotels for committee members in Orlando or anywhere else.

I didn't intend to start a discussion on reforming the standards 
process, and I'm going to let this one die here.

Steve

Received on 2003-04-14Z21:28:18