On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <lop...@nedharvey.com>wrote:
> > 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. > While I totally agree with you, that is a lost battle. Companies are always trying to bend reality and create hype about their products and "standards". In the IT world we must see at least a new "standard" every week. “The good thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.” – Dr. Tanenbaum -- Giovanni Tirloni gtirl...@sysdroid.com
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