[dix] the point of a standards process

Joaquin Miller <joaquin@netmesh.us> Tue, 18 July 2006 18:17 UTC

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>The point of a standards process is not what you put into the spec, 
>its what you leave out.

Well said!

Joaquin





(And certainly true.  It has to be understood, of course.  Example: A 
bolt standard lists many combinations of diameter and thread 
pitch.  Many.  But a vanishingly small percentage of the possible 
combinations, almost all of which are left out of that standard.

(In our business, a very effective way to ensure there is   n o 
t  interoperability is to provide many options.)

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