Re: The wisdom behind all these standrads

2000-03-27 Thread Barry Ma
Hi Martin and Richard, The world consists of ordinary people and lawmakers. As ordinary people we must comply with laws, and respect the wisdom behind laws. On the other hand, ordinary people also have some ways to express their views on the current laws in modern democratic society. All

RE: The wisdom behind all these standrads

2000-03-27 Thread Maxwell, Chris
: RE: The wisdom behind all these standrads Maybe I'm reading Martin's message wrong. If I am, then I apologize. Here's my response to Martin's message. Based on what I've learned (?) over the years, the intent of these standards is to control interference. I think this is a good thing. I

Re: The wisdom behind all these standrads

2000-03-24 Thread Rich Nute
Hi Martin: There are three issues in your message: 1) compliance to the standard; 2) reasonableness or appropriateness of the standard; 3) value added to the product through compliance. You point out that messages posted to this list address compliance to the standard, but not the other

Re: The wisdom behind all these standrads

2000-03-24 Thread Doug
In cases where the standard is a public standard, i.e. law, then we are obliged to comply no matter what we think, agree or disagree. In cases where the standard is a private standard, it is sometimes negotiated with a customer thru contracts. This may give the sense that two things

RE: The wisdom behind all these standrads

2000-03-24 Thread John Juhasz
Maybe I'm reading Martin's message wrong. If I am, then I apologize. Here's my response to Martin's message. Based on what I've learned (?) over the years, the intent of these standards is to control interference. I think this is a good thing. I don't necessarily agree with some of the limits