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Article #393Re: Question for net.views column in UNIX Today!
From: Mark Lawrence
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 13:57
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 13:57
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In article <1991Mar01.185418.1066@utoday.com> you write: } Will user organizations ever be effective in steering open systems? Only to the extent that entities with significant purchasing power are represented in the user organizations. The only reason OSI MAP/TOP are doing _anything_ is because GM made a corporate commitment to it. If the user organizations can extract like firm commitments from their constituent companies, then they've a chance of influencing vendors. Mark Lawrence -- mark@drd.com mark@jnoc.go.jp $B!J%^!<%/!&%i%l%s%9!K(B Nihil novum sub solem
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!utoday!info From: drd.com!mark@uunet.UU.NET (Mark Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.org.decus,comp.org.eff,comp.org.ieee,comp.org.sug,comp.org.uniforum Subject: Re: Question for net.views column in UNIX Today! Message-ID: <9103041357.AA07823@DRD.Com> Date: 4 Mar 91 13:57:56 GMT Sender: info@utoday.com (UNIX Today!) Organization: DRD Corporation (918) 743-3013 Lines: 13 To: netviews@utoday.UUCP In-Reply-To: <1991Mar01.185418.1066@utoday.com>