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Tim inquires: > Would anyone here like to argue that the list found in > > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/04/01/WS-Mumble > > is coherent, or sensible, or viable, or generally that the parrot is > not dead? Anyone remember the (dare I say "good") old days when people wrote useful software that did useful things, rather than writing incomprehensible specifications? It's not a "standard" till it's implemented and in wide usage. So it does make me wince when these specifications are blessed as "standards" even before they are fully-baked (or half-baked if you prefer) and before there are usable implementations and/or wide-spread adoption. Then again, we could always comment on elephants designed by committees, which such specs seem to fall foul of. All this effort might end up being useful....but I fear that it will be just a colossal waste of time in the end. I suppose time and history will tell...the parrot is neither alive nor dead right now....in fact, it's not even a parrot, just the specifications of what might become a parrot. It may be stillborn...or it might end up a phoenix. (all allegories/puns intended ;-) ). Andrzej Jan Taramina Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions http://www.chaeron.com
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