"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> The Importance of Having Standards
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> | The industry in which I work is not the most technically minded. In
> | fact, many people in my business regard the internet as strange and
> | frightening. For the worst cases, finding the "On" button on the PC is
> | a real achievement. This relative lack of computer savvy has led to some
> | acute symptoms of technical backwardness; a leading example has to do
> | with open standards for information transfers. In short, there are none.
> | It's not for lack of trying, my firm attempted to lead the way, however
> | the initiative was de-railed by one company who held fast to the belief
> | that if they control a proprietary standard, that they would make it
> | easier to lock in clients. They think by owning the standard, they own
> | the customer.
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> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=91
"Find a need and fill it" is the age-old advice, roy! If that means setting
a new standard as a lone supplier, so be it. Those that come along late and
want to sponge off of the innovator's territory are going to face this
proprietary condition over and over. They should just be glad when there is
no patent issue.
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