> From: tech-boun...@lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lopsa.org] On Behalf > Of Phil Pennock > > On 2010-09-25 at 08:53 -0400, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > If it's apple-only, you can only call it "the new standard" like > google wave > > was the new standard to replace email. It bombed because they > weren't > > friendly with non-google email accounts. In order to use wave, you > could > > only sign in using your gmail account, and you could only communicate > with > > other gmail users. Wanna talk to someone who isn't on gmail? Too > bad. > > This is not only a mis-characterisation in part, it's also untrue. > [disclaimer: while employed by $G, I've never been involved with Wave > other than as a user; this post, like all of my LOPSA posts, is > written > in a strictly personal capacity]
Most response snipped. I'm replying to the message as a whole. I'm not slamming wave. I'm saying: I'm not focusing on the pros/cons of wave. I'm focusing on calling something a "new standard" which is not a standard because it's exclusive. If there's a product which is apple-only or google-only or MS-only, you can't call it a new standard, unless you want to qualify that, by calling it an "industry standard" or something like that, which imples it's not a standard so much as a near universal adoption by consumers. _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
