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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
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Subject: Re: Opinions on prospective standards sought
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Date: 24 Apr 91 07:25:31 GMT
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Submitted-by: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)

In article <130193@uunet.UU.NET> pc@hillside.co.uk (Peter Collinson) writes:
>	Was the decision of the SEC wrong?

Without knowing their reasoning, it would be impossible to say.

I will say that this whole business of "software standards" has
gotten way out of hand, and in general resistance to creating an
official standard by rubber-stamping products should be applauded.


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Volume-Number: Volume 23, Number 42