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Re: The truth about standards...

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• Subject: Re: The truth about standards...
• From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>
• Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:26:33 +1100
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From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>


> Ok, that interpretation is better.  It is still 
> bad policy.   Procurement managers must be able 
> to select the technology that best suits the 
> technical requirements of the project.  The 
> clear example here is RELAX NG or the ISO DSDL. 
> Preferring W3C simply because of its purported 
> industry dominance is unacceptable rationale.

Yes, but the bad policy is not in generally favouring
a particular technology stream, but in absolutely   
favouring one.    

For the life of me, I cannot see why a government agency
would mandate technologies for which there are few
open source tools: it seems they will be locking themselves
into spending on proprietary tools. They have been suckered.  
Pity the government people attempting to use XML Schemas 
for publishing uses!

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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