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- From: John S. Quarterman <jsq@usenix.org>
-
- The recent summary report from Jeff Haemer, the USENIX Standards
- Watchdog Committee Report Editor, was in general just the kind of thing
- we try to publish. However, there were a few problems with it. In
- particular, the comments about a supposed block vote against 1003.4
- originated by a threads subgroup were inaccurate. There was in fact
- a common reference ballot that originated with UCB CSRG. It addressed
- many points throughout the 1003.4 draft document. It was referenced
- in numerous negative ballots, including several from Institutional
- Representatives. (USENIX did not reference it in a ballot, but only
- due to time pressure: USENIX supports it in principal.)
-
- These errors in Jeff's report were due to inadequate review before
- publication, which occured because I was out of the country as he
- finished the report. It was important to get the summary posted
- on the networks before the Utah standards committee meeting, and
- turnaround time to substitute reviewers turned out to be greater
- than anticipated. My apologies for this coordination problem.
- We will attempt to prevent this kind of situation in the future by
- more thorough review, including having each section about a specific
- committee reviewed by the corresponding Watchdog Committee volunteer
- in addition to being reviewed by me.
-
- John S. Quarterman
- USENIX Standards Liaison
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 19, Number 89
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-