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DateSat, 7 Nov 1998 20:54:29 -0800 (PST)
FromAlex Belits <>
SubjectRe: Comments on Microsoft Open Source documentA
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Tim Smith wrote:

> In many cases, the standard protocols aren't optimal. E.g., if one were
> designing the web from scratch, one could do a lot better than HTTP.
> If Microsoft picks some place where the standard protocols are not as good
> as they could be, and defines a Microsoft protocol that performs better,
> then what we need to do is define an open protocol that addresses the same
> deficiencies in the standard protocols, and make that open protocol the
> new standard.

This is all nice, however ISO and IETF are dominated by Microsofties.
Ex: UTF-8-ization of everything (sorry, I talked about that before, and a
lot of people claimed that it's good and open solution -- it isn't, it's
the result of pressure of commercial implementors, and it was nowhere in
sight until Microsoft started using it).

--
Alex


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