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I always assumed he meant standards are accepted by industry even before the standards are cooked. For example, there are a number of vendors that have either announced or shipped products based on XQuery even though it hasn't even reached PR or CR status let alone being a done deal (aka a W3C recommendation). -- PITHY WORDS OF WISDOM Nature is a mother. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Jelliffe [mailto:ricko@a...] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:10 PM > To: xml-dev@l... > > From: "Dare Obasanjo" <dareo@m...> > > > > One of the best articles about standards I've seen is the > one by James > > Gosling at > > > http://java.sun.com/people/jag/StandardsPhases/index.html > > It would be interesting to know what he means by > > "Even worse, standards are getting accepted before they > are even written, > which is a truly ridiculous situation. " > > That one sounds like a load of crap, at least as far as any > of the standards processes I have seen. I would say the > problem is special interests using standards bodies to block > standards that might expose them to liability or cost. > > Cheers > Rick Jelliffe > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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