Chad Smith wrote:
Defacto standard is really the only one that matters. If a law is on the books, but never enforced, it's not really a law. Just because some self-appointed body of "experts" says "Hey this thing is a standard!" - if it's never used, it's not really a standard. But, if 95% or more of people use a certain thing a certain way, then that's pretty much standardized.
Thank you for demonstrating your inability to grasp basic concepts even after they've been explained a dozen times to you.
ISO is not a self-appointed group of quasi-experts. It is a highly respected standards body responsible for a lot of things that you take for granted today. Like the ability to read this email (character sets), the ability to read a web page (SGML), databases (SQL), CD ROMS (why do you think they are called ISO images?), much software (C, C++, Ada programming language), etc. When I told my mom that ODF was going to be an ISO standard, that made a world of a difference to her. Because as an engineer, she knows the weight of ISO standards. She knows they imply quality and industry support.
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