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From: miles@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Miles Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: file attributes
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Date: 30 Jun 91 19:25:21 GMT
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In-reply-to: erik@srava.sra.co.jp's message of 26 Jun 91 11:30:58 GMT

erik@srava.sra.co.jp (Erik M. van der Poel) writes:
> > and totally unenforceable)
> Yes, well, this has always been the case. Well-intentioned
> organizations have been producing standards for years, and many
> vendors simply ignore the process. Look where that got us today.

"Well-intentioned" isn't enough... (Or shouldn't be!)

-Miles
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