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RMS and LSB

RMS and LSB

Posted Aug 6, 2004 5:28 UTC (Fri) by Xman (guest, #10620)
In reply to: RMS and LSB by bkoz
Parent article: LSB 2.0 and C++

Honestly, much as I hate to say it, committees work much better when you have to pay at least a nominal charge for a seat at the table. It ensures that everyone sitting at the table has at least some kind of a stake in the outcome. As for charging for certification, it's really hard to come up with a certification process that doesn't involve paying some kind of trusted third party to do testing. So then the question is only who pays for the testing, which inevitably leads to the testee.

I agree having $$$'s in the process makes it a pain, but frankly it works better than all the other solutions (beyond simply not having a standard and letting natural forces push a standard forward).


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Design by committee

Posted Aug 6, 2004 8:18 UTC (Fri) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487) [Link]

I agree having $$$'s in the process makes it a pain, but frankly it works better than all the other solutions (beyond simply not having a standard and letting natural forces push a standard forward).

There, you say it yourself: letting natural forces push a strandard is a better solution. Dao rules ;-)

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