how about someone (or two) experts write the standard? worked for K&R. brucee
On 1/19/06, Wes Kussmaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Lalonde wrote: > > > Standards are for when there are too many cooks in the kitchen. By > > their very nature they have to compromise. > > Give me the work of a standards committee before the the work of a > > single idiot; but most of all give me the work of a brilliant expert > > before that of the committee. And for God's sake, please don't turn my > > expert into an idiot by throwing him onto a committee! > > How about all standards committees advising one individual, the > standards czar, your brilliant expert, with a background in law and > social science as well as technology, who is able to apply duly > constituted public authority to a standard. He/she cannot have any > alliances with anyone but the ITU. > > -- > Wes Kussmaul > CIO > The Village Group > 738 Main Street > Waltham, MA 02451 > > 781-647-7178 > > > My uncle likes to say that the world's biggest troubles started when the > serpent said, "Try this fruit, and by the way if a bunch of people > collectively calling themselves Arthur Andersen signs something it's the same > as if a person named Arthur Andersen signed it." I don't get the serpent and > fruit part. Must be some Swiss mythology thing. He can be a bit obscure. > > P.K. Iggy > _How I Like Fixed The Internet_ > (Tales from the Great Infodepression of 2009 > and the prosperity that followed) > > > >
