Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stevens
From: stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Haye's special offer to BBS sysops
Summary: Tanenbaum's quote
Keywords: hayes trailblazer
Message-ID: <179@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Date: 3 Oct 88 10:17:31 GMT
References: <71@csnz.nz> <389@westmark.UUCP>
Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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In article <389@westmark.UUCP>, dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
> 
> "The greatest thing about standards is that there are so many of
> them."  I forget who said that, but it seems very applicable here.
> 

	"The nice things about standards is that you have so many
	to choose from; furthermore, if you do not like any of
	them, you can just wait for next year's model."

From "Computer Networks" by Tanenbaum, 1981 edition, p. 168.  I still
haven't received my copy of the new edition to see if the quote
is still there.