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From: OLE@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Ole Jorgen Jacobsen)
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Subject: MNP and CCITT
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	I believe that it is the (possibly unwritten) policy of
CCITT *not* to accept any "de-facto" standard, but rather design
something entirely from scratch so as not to give any vendor
market advantage. I hope someone can correct me on this, but I
fear the thruth is pretty bleak.
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