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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11232c,f8c029da202116ff X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac39a12d5faf5b14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-13 20:05:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr15.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CB8F2A1.B2D22FEB@flash.net> From: Gary Scott Reply-To: scottg@flash.net Organization: Home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-DIAL (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,misc.misc Subject: Re: Development process in the Ada community References: <3CB46975.90408@snafu.de> <3CB7E244.4090105@snafu.de> <2dWMkL$GpNnq@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3CB85658.5050406@snafu.de> <8YmWznELCFXQ@eisner.encompasserve.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.48.222.94 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr15.news.prodigy.com 1018753468 ST000 64.48.222.94 (Sat, 13 Apr 2002 23:04:28 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 23:04:28 EDT X-UserInfo1: SCSYQNONFZVMB\X[IBCHOPP@FJ^ZTB\MV@BT]UEK@YUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C@E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 03:04:28 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:22498 misc.misc:6293 Date: 2002-04-14T03:04:28+00:00 List-Id: Kent Paul Dolan wrote: > > "Larry Kilgallen" wrote: > > > Is it ISO document charges that you are complaining about ? > > They are certainly worth a complaint. The daunting cost of paper > standards, and the standards process funding mechanism that prevents > most of the standards from becoming freely downloadable softcopy, > arguably are active deterents to widespread use, or even awareness, of > standards. > > xanthian. > > Contrast with the Java API standards/docs from Sun, the W3C Cascading > Style sheets standards, and the W3C HTML4.1standards, all of which spin > on my laptop and are in daily use by me, just because I could afford > them and download them. These are _immensely_ successful standards. I > helped _write_ three other, high-cost, hardcopy-only standards, yet > cannot afford, either by price or by carrying capacity, to own, use, or > evangelize any of them. I wish someone would resurrect GKS/CGM. I love those. It needs to be modernized a little, but I like the clear clean terminology and design. There are only a few things that I prefer about IBM's GDDM over GKS. > > -- > Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG -- Gary Scott mailto:scottg@flash.net mailto:webmaster@fortranlib.com http://www.fortranlib.com Support the GNU Fortran G95 Project: http://g95.sourceforge.net