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From: chris@GYRE.UMD.EDU (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: FTP "STRU VMS" extension
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Date: 11 Feb 89 07:18:02 GMT
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Those who are arguing over the proper predefined standard for VMS
transmission might do well to observe that most of the successful
parts of Unix that are considered `standard' got that way by being
written first instead of defined first.  Moreover, most of those
evolved, so that if they had been standardised without first being
tested, we would have something less useful.

In other words, if you want it done, do it yourself, then hack away
at it until you really like it.  *Then* cry out for standards, if
you still need them---likely most people will have installed your
code already anyway.

(I realise that some of you are doing this already.  Make that,
`I hope that some of you....'  The approach is not perfect, but it
is much more fruitful than sending mail to tcp-ip.)

Chris