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Article #295Re: FTP defn of SGML
From: Anders Thulin
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 06:37
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 1990 06:37
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In article <BZS.90Sep30142336@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
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>If that's the case, then why not just distribute it electronically and
>get rid of most of the overhead?
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>I think the standards organizations are being foolish on this point.
Isn't IEEE doing some useful work here? I saw somewhere that they
planned to maked the POSIX documents available on CD-ROM, and if
things went well, go on with other IEEE standards. Can anyone confirm
this?
Indeed, CD-ROM seems to be a reasonable compromise: the standards
organization can recoup their costs, and the user can (hopefully)
'use' the texts, not only read them. And if a dispute as to tampering
arises, there is always the original CD to settle the point.
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Anders Thulin ath@prosys.se {uunet,mcsun}!sunic!prosys!ath
Telesoft Europe AB, Teknikringen 2B, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!liuida!prosys!ath From: ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin) Newsgroups: comp.text.sgml Subject: Re: FTP defn of SGML Message-ID: <610@juno.prosys.se> Date: 1 Oct 90 06:37:38 GMT References: <1990Sep24.174222.22487@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <BZS.90Sep28173259@world.std.com> <1990Sep30.024100.9645@cbnewsi.att.com> <BZS.90Sep30142336@world.std.com> Organization: Telesoft AB, Teknikringen 2A, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden Lines: 21