** This is the quasi-official and semi-temporary T13 email list server. ** Hale Landis wrote: > For me this once again makes me ask this: If ATAPI device designers > are going to ignore all the published specifications/standards and do > whatever they want then why should T13 waste time trying to describe > ATAPI? Why not just remove ATAPI from the standard and forget about > it. Then if the folks designing and using ATAPI devices find that > they need a document they can form a Secret Society, or an SFF > subcommittee or whatever. But at least T13 will not be wasting its > time trying to document an interface that no one is using! One way of handling that sort of problem is to trademark the name of the standard. I suspect ATAPI has been in use too long to be trademarked, but the committee could invent a new name, trademark it, and promulgate it as the preferred name for the interface. Once that is done, you don't allow anyone to use it unless they pass a conformance test. Some groups/companies charge for performing the test, but since Hale has offered to test hardware for free... -- Barry Gold Public Key signature: BA 2A 50 53 BC 6E 9A DB 9F 25 5B 13 1A B2 47 12 Filk Hall of Fame, 1997. Interfilk guest, Ohio Valley Filk Fest, 2000. The truth is out there. It's just not indexed very well. I don't make policy for Sun. -- If you have any questions or wish to unsubscribe send a message to Hale Landis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to this list server send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For questions concerning Thistle Grove Industries or TGI's list services please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
