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Re: Bell on Standards

To: Tim Bray <tbray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bell on Standards
From: Robert Sayre <mint@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:17:03 -0400
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Tim Bray wrote:

Here's some homework, a reading assignment for the WG: http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=210

That article is so worth it.

Bullet point #1:

* A standard delineates a point of homogeneity, enabling heterogeneity, change, and unbridled innovation in other areas.

Reminded me of Matt Webb's excellent "This is About Atom" piece.
http://interconnected.org/home/2004/08/16/this_is_about_atom

Robert Sayre

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