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   dxf to Ruvim   
   Re: Standardization process   
   18 Sep 24 20:16:00   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 18/09/2024 5:07 pm, Ruvim wrote:   
   > On 2024-09-18 07:39, dxf wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> Since   
   >> these extensions were never coordinated, there's no common practice   
   >> and thus no consensus.  Neither are willing to risk customer backlash   
   >> on what is essentially a dead idea.    
   >   
   >   
   >> Their role on the TC is to ensure   
   >> nothing jeopardizes their investment.  It's impossible to have spent   
   >> 20 years 'standardizing' and have achieved so little.    
   >   
   > This critics is absolutely fruitless. No one owes you to develop any   
   specifications unless you pay for it. Whether some people have achieved much   
   or little is their own business.   
      
   When the ANS-TC sat, they did consider it their business and priority.   
   They knew the world wasn't going to wait.  Perhaps the situation has   
   changed and now it's only fans the TC need worry about.  If the attitude   
   is 'take it or leave it', I've made that choice.   
      
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