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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
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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? BTW, publicly funded standards might become more
exposed to critique and control. Note that this issue will touch everyone.
New standards are coming, e.g. for the electrical devices in everyone's
home.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de