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Subject: Re: Ada is getting more popular!
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:51:29 +0200
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Date: 2010-10-29T18:51:29+02:00
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Le Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:00:37 +0200, Dmitry A. Kazakov  =

<mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> a =C3=A9crit:
>>    +                                        +
>>   + +                                      + +
>>    +                                        +
>>            Public Open Standards !
>>    +                                        +
>>   + +                                      + +
>>    +                                        +
>
> No, FREE standards! I find it unacceptable when organizations charge  =

> money
> for standards.
If the standard is widely used, even when it is for too much fees (for  =

someones), there are still workarounds with none-official documentations=
.  =

Look at ASIS specification or the MIDI specification. But true someones =
 =

are more restrictive and may requires you close any web page documenting=
  =

the standard (it use to be with one hardware standard, I forget the name=
,  =

something near to PCI or USB, but not these).

>> Standard protocols, standard languages, standard file formats:
>> if these are enforced in a market, they prevent entrepreneurial
>> attempts at controlling the customers.
>
> Yes, they became a vehicle for unfair competition, because the softwar=
e
> market was destroyed. That does not imply standards are evil. The  =

> monopoly
> is.
Does not solve anything, but not responsible for that (I see what you  =

mean).

Some standard are as much unavoidable as natural languages. Probably yes=
,  =

this ones are expected to be accessible; in practice, I believe these ar=
e.  =

Do not see a real trouble there (unless someones witness opposite  =

experiences).


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t pas pour  =

les chiens.