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- From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
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- C and Unix got their start in the early 1970's (K&R has a copyright of
- 1978, I believe) and attempts to make international standards didn't
- really happen for nearly a decade later -- the mid 1980's, for the most
- part. The concepts and techniques had the benefit of years of wide-spread
- use in which to mature and prove themselves.
-
- Now IEEE wants to standardize a window system before most vendors have
- even started shipping a something based on non-proprietary technology? We
- are not even talking about a compressed adolesence here, folks -- in most
- cases the child can't even walk without upright a friendly adult nearby to
- help keep him pointed in the right direction.
-
- I wish the technical people involved in these standards processes had
- the guts to tell the marketing people to take a flying leap and tell
- them to come back in a few years when things are ready.
- /r$
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- Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 84
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