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Bob Glushko wrote: > holding the meetings all over the world didn't really help > make the standards process more open because it was > effectively putting a travel budget hurdle in place for > all but the large firms. Back when I was at Digital, we started a group called "Software Business Technology" that was focused on the technology of the software business. We identified and then built solutions to four problems that today are mere vague memories: 1. Distribution media: We chose CDROM rather than the dozens of distribution media then in use: (i.e. various forms of nine-track tape, DECTAPE, disks, cartridges, etc.) 2. On-line Documentation (so that we didn't need to cut down forests every time we released a new version of VMS...) 3. Common software installation technologies (rather than having each product do its own thing) 4. Software licensing (to allow all products to be distributed on a single disk set) The impact on the "software business" was pretty profound... Do we need a similar effort to address the "technology of the standards business?" i.e. Do we need "Standards Business Technology?" Currently, the standards business seems to rely a great deal on face-to-face meetings in addition to mailing lists and telephone conferencing. What might make sense would be to do a concerted effort to either develop or select technology that could be used for hosting remote discussions and working sessions over the Internet. Basically, VOIP and remote conferencing. (Perhaps, what we need is a standards based version of something like PalTalk (www.paltalk.com) ) ... Such a system would allow people to participate in standards discussions by voice and video from anywhere in the world as long as they had reasonably high-speed network access. Anyone could "listen" with just the equipment built into the normal computer while the hardware required to participate actively (microphone and optional video camera) would be available at a fraction of the cost of a single night in a hotel. Other than the "travel" problem, what other significant problems exist in the standards world that can be addressed with technology? bob wyman
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