- From: jptxs <jptxs@idt.net>
- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 09:27:16 -0400
- To: Dave Carter <dxc@ast.cam.ac.uk>
- Cc: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>, www-html@w3.org
At 02:11 PM 9/9/97 +0100, Dave Carter wrote:
>Allowing markets to dictate standards is why we are in the
>mess we are in after all.
and which mess is that? the decline of capitalism? the fascism of red
china? the destruction of Tibet? the wars in the Mid-east?
what sort of bubble do you suppose the making of standards, coding or
otherwise, takes place in? sorry to stray off topic to all, but really,
not bowing to the reality of how this process is carried out is not
productive.
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