From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,e276c1ed16429c03 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1.cambriumusenet.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!195.71.90.67.MISMATCH!news.unit0.net!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.belwue.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular! Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <4cc912e1$0$23761$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <19rlit851kct1$.db26uwez2yg7$.dlg@40tude.net> <4cc94547$0$23752$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4cc9bf12$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <15lnc6vv8z3hc$.1oi6i03umest8$.dlg@40tude.net> <871v7aqcpq.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <13rgisoyxwkb2$.1dpflsd9zyiz5.dlg@40tude.net> <4cca091e$0$7655$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <4h6j3lfp7x5l.zqrg45o56ci3$.dlg@40tude.net> <4cca9195$0$6978$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <87hbg46mcz.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <4ccc1681$0$6776$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net> <878w1fy3lb.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> <4ccc6bb9$0$6977$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <1moioblnrwu6j$.lryvrdcvl543.dlg@40tude.net> <4ccc86ab$0$7669$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> <4ccd4c2d$0$7653$9b4e6d93@newsspool1.arcor-online.net> Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:36:52 +0100 Message-ID: <18fxxm7akiutg$.fobm3j39kdnd$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Oct 2010 13:36:54 CET NNTP-Posting-Host: 22211a72.newsspool1.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=AOI_bnRK5=Y@@RW1FjIB5Sic==]BZ:af^4Fo<]lROoRQ<`=YMgDjhgRL8lJ>3=`J`S[6LHn;2LCV^[Mo;oN;R^Z]mHIbl__E=RZ X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:16008 Date: 2010-10-31T13:36:54+01:00 List-Id: On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:59:57 +0100, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > On 10/31/10 8:48 AM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: >> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:57:15 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: >> >>> On 10/30/10 9:26 PM, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote: >>>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 21:02:17 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: >>>> >>>>> So standards production costs money. Who is going to pay? >>>> >>>> Who should pay for laws? Who does not mathematical theorems? >>>> >>>>> If the answer is tax payers, then who is going to decide >>>>> which standard deserves what amount of tax payers' money? >>>> >>>> Which law does deserve money? There are things, which cannot and may not be >>>> sold. >>>> >>>> There was enough money for the laws about curved cucumbers and bent >>>> bananas. >>> >>> And? >> >> Maybe there is still some money left for more useful things, like vital >> software standards? > > So when selecting a subject for standardization, one criterion > is its usefulness (undefined term, so far), specifically its being > vital (to be defined). > > If a subject vital (whatever this means) then it is payed for > with public money. Yes, this is why there is state, which taxes us. > Who determines what is vital? And who pays them for determining > what is vital, and why it is vital? Who determined the vitality of keeping cucumbers straight? You and I paid for that. I hope you agree with me that the idea of standards selected in market competition is just stupid. > Who, then, will drive standardization of light bulbs, and who > does the financing? BTW, the EU is in such stuff anyway, e.g. http://www.openmeter.com -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de