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- From: Dave Sill <dsill@relay-nswc.navy.mil>
-
- First, let me say that I respect Shane McCarron, value his opinions on
- standards-related issues, and appreciate USENIX's efforts to promote
- standards awareness.
-
- But...
-
- The latest Standards Update was far too editorial. In fact, it seems
- to have become more of a soapbox for Mr. McCarron than an attempt to
- make the masses aware of recent progress in standardization. In
- particular, Part 3, NIST (NBS) Federal Information Processing
- Standards contained about one and a half paragraphs reporting what
- NIST has done recently and expects to be doing in the future, but four
- and a half paragraphs of opinion on the worthiness of their approach.
-
- Apparently Mr. McCarron has trouble making the distinction between
- journalism and editorialization. The Standards Update should be just
- that: an update of the progress of standardization efforts. There are
- other, more appropriate, forums, such as this mailing list/newsgroup,
- for Mr McCarron's opinions.
-
- This problem has already been brought to his attention. In Part 8,
- POSIX 1003.7 Update, he writes:
- "When I last wrote about this group, I was very critical of
- its charter and the possibility of it succeeding. I think
- it only fair to relate that a number of people wrote me and
- said that I was too judgemental, and that I should take a
- wait and see attitude. Bowing to the will of the people, I
- am not going to draw any conclusions about the working group
- at this time. After the January meeting, when they have
- formalized the areas they are going to address, I will
- relate all of that information and you can decide if what
- they are doing is a good thing. In the interim, if you want
- more information, or would like to share your opinions with
- me, please drop me a line."
-
- Exactly, Mr. McCarron, relate the information and let the reader form
- his own opinion.
-
- =========
- The opinions expressed above are mine.
-
- "Money is congealed energy."
- -- Joe Campbell
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 49
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