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From: nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A 9600 baud modem for $169!!!
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.021036.10276@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 02:10:36 GMT
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In article <9149@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes:
>[Note followup line]

Noted and overruled, since this has nothing to do with datacomm...

[ ... ]
>o There's a catch.  No, I don't know what the catch is.  However,
>  there must be some reason that this thing sells for a third of
>  the price of comparable equipment.  If the "standards" people
>  could have come up with something that offers the same performance
>  at a considerably lower cost, why didn't they?

Umm, it's not wise to assume that all good ideas are embodied in standards,
or that all standards embody good ideas.  No more wise than assuming that all
laws are good because they are passed by Congress, or all UN activity is
"right", or that Nielsen ratings reflect the quality of the show, etc.
Trust me, I've been there.

We now return you to your regular scheduled programming.

                                   - Neil

P.S.  I also don't mean to imply that standards necessarily embody *bad*
      ideas, or the converse.  Take "X" for example.  Oops, bad example... ;-)

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