Kevin A. Burton wrote:
The big companies (Microsoft, IBM, SUN, etc) have been the ones creating the
standards. IETF, JCP, W3C, etc are all good examples.
Actually I think the IETF is the exception, which is why I think it
could be a good starting point if people wanted to do their own
Peter Donald wrote:
Hell no. Look at all the pety bitching and moaning that goes on now -
definetly not conducive to standards bodys which are meant to define
specifications via which multiple groups can compete on implementations.
You obviously haven't subscribed to any IETF mailing
Kevin A. Burton wrote:
The big companies (Microsoft, IBM, SUN, etc) have been the ones creating the
standards. IETF, JCP, W3C, etc are all good examples.
I think you are a bit confused by the fact that everything a company does
is claimed to be 'standard, high quality, reliable, secure'
GOMEZ Henri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So who should decide of next standards and apis for oss ?
w3c,
Good candidate... Too bad that they don't own the word JAVA.
ASF,
We don't do API, we do products FWIW... This major shift should be a thing
to be seriously considered by the members
