Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Raymond Toy
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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>>>>> "huug" == huug  <rot13{znvy4zr@uhht.qrzba.ay}> writes:

>>>>> "Leslie" == Leslie Mikesell <les@MCS.COM> writes:
    Leslie> And your point is???

    huug> Proprietary "standards" only serve their proprietor.  Real-world
    huug> standards serve the public: that's why real standards organisations like
    huug> ISO and ITU publish theirs.  Now that it looks like M$ has recognized

The fact that ITU publishes their standards doesn't really mean
anything.  Consider the modem spec.  You can't go read the spec and
write the software to implement the modem.  Why?  Because parts of the 
spec contain patented algorithms.  

Don't know about the ITU, but the TIA (Telecomm Industries
Association) requires any and all licenses required to implement a
spec must be given on a non-discriminatory basis.

Ray

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From: Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: Software company monopolies (Was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/11
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