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ssturgis@netcom.com (Scott Sturgis) writes:

> > For those of you who don't know, RoboBoard BBS is a full EGA/VGA graphi
> > cal BBS package with a freeware term. It uses a proprietary graphics
> > standard, allowing the use of icons and a mouse over the term. The icon
> 
> Here I believe lies the problem .. it uses PROPRIETARY graphics standard.
> I have looked at Roboboard, Darkstar and others. They are nice to some
> extent. But I think that most will be met with limited success until the
> bbs world comes up with some kind of UNIVERSAL graphics standard instead
> of PROPRIETARY standard.

As a person who's participated in several ANSI standards development efforts,
I understand your point.  *However*, the world of GUI didn't begin until Apple
"just did it".  Then followed microsoft and the others.

I understand that many folks are trying to get realistic graphic standards put
together, but someone's got to take a proactive role in all of this before
people really start to move.  

Many companies have made millions, and have been quite successful by producing
proprietary standards... ala US Robotics and Apple.  Those are just two of the
countless folks who've given the standards world the kick in the pants they
needed.  I'll be the first to support open market standards, but the last to
stop someone's movement on a good concept.

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