- From: Walter Ian Kaye <boo@best.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 02:04:18 -0700
- To: www-html@w3.org
At 10:22a +0100 06/17/96, Daniel Glazman wrote:
>May I ask then why HTML is standardized ? Usually, standardization (or at
>least
>discussion) precedes implementation, right ? The current process seems to make
>things already obsolete the day they come out...
Like RS-232 is standard on PCs because IBM implemented it? It was obsolete
as soon as RS-422 came out, but PCs were stuck with the stupid teletype
standard which specified +15/-15 voltage swings that were needed to operate
the mechanical tty equipment. ::sigh::
-Walter
PS. Glossary time: RS = EIA Recommended Standard
EIA = Electronic Industries Association
Trivia: Ten years ago the EIA decreed that RS- prefixes should be changed
to EIA- prefixes (making it EIA-232, for example), but nobody listened...
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Received on Monday, 17 June 1996 05:04:36 UTC