home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Usenet 1994 January
/
usenetsourcesnewsgroupsinfomagicjanuary1994.iso
/
sources
/
std_unix
/
v21
/
062
< prev
next >
Wrap
Internet Message Format
|
1990-12-05
|
1KB
From std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net Mon Aug 27 11:28:01 1990
Received: from cs.utexas.edu by uunet.uu.net (5.61/1.14) with SMTP
id AA24105; Mon, 27 Aug 90 11:28:01 -0400
Posted-Date: 27 Aug 90 13:20:36 GMT
Received: by cs.utexas.edu (5.64/1.74)
From: Don_Lewine@dgc.ceo.dg.com
Newsgroups: comp.std.unix
Subject: Silly Argument (was POSIX standards via FTP)
Message-Id: <464@usenix.ORG>
Sender: std-unix@usenix.ORG
X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net
Date: 27 Aug 90 13:20:36 GMT
Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net
To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net
From: Don_Lewine@dgc.ceo.dg.com
The argument about altered standards is just plain silly. Given a
monetary incentive, I can have the whole standard rekeyed. Given
the OCR equipment I have in my office, I can scan the whole document
at fairly low cost.
What I want I timely access to the latest draft standards. It would
be nice if this was cheaper than NALPS, but my main motivation is
*timely*. If I suddenly need a draft of POSIX.7, or an old draft of
POSIX.2, it would be nice to get it at FTP speeds.
Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 62