From: Eirikur Hallgrimsson (eh@mad.scientist.com)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 22:35:18 PST
In the 24 hours it took for me to get permission from Emlyn to forward
this, Lisa D. has posted a much more thorough discussion of why standards
aren't championed by market leaders, but these are still good bits because
sometimes you need a sound-bite.....
> Good standards for interoperability only seem to be useful to the weaker
> players. I think that's why they fail.
Eirikur
> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 19:15:27 +0930
> From: "Emlyn" <emlyn@one.net.au>
> Subject: Re: Electronics power (Was Bitten by NIMBY)
>
> The cruddy "standard" will always win. While you are trying to hold your
> (indubitably) superior standard together, in agreements with a zillion
> variously competing interests, someone who doesn't give two hoots about
> technological superiority will sneak in a minimally interoperable
> alternative. The politics is so much easier, and it gives everyone a lot
> more room to move. For instance, the big orgs will want to subvert the
> standard and own it; a minimal, cruddy standard requires (proprietary)
> extensions to be workable. A solid, locked in, proper standard just
> makes them look like bastards for stuffing around with it.
>
> Good standards for interoperability only seem to be useful to the weaker
> players. I think that's why they fail.
>
> Emlyn
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