RE: "Standards Business Technology" development effort require

To: 'Bob Glushko' <glushko@S...>, Michael Champion <mc@x...>, xml-dev DEV' <xml-dev@l...>
Subject: RE: "Standards Business Technology" development effort required? (was RE: ISO and the Standards Golden Hammer (was Re: [xml-d ev] You call that a standard?))
From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 09:20:15 -0500

Technology is not a solution. It is an enabler. Smart people use technology

well and it amplifies their 'smarts'. Otherwise, GIGO At The Speed of Light.

Should we TiVO online conferences so people can rewind what is said in

real time?

Technology is not the answer. It is part of an environment in which answers

are hammered down by the same means as before.

No one will get better standards without looking at all three legs of what
I've described because better has to mean better in the environment, not

just a competitive advantage for one or two companies, one or two groups,

or individuals. In contrast to business processes, standards processes

are meant to be given away.

len