peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (06/21/89)
This may be a silly question, but since ISO is a general standards body shouldn't this group really be called comp.protocols.osi? Doesn't ISO develop things like modem protocols as well? Just nit-picking, and probably something that's been hashed over at length, but it's been vaguely bugging me for weeks off and on. Mail replies. Flames to alt.dev.null. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Personal: ...!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com.
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (07/03/89)
In <8906301903.AA19116@turing.cs.rpi.edu> vastolak@TURING.CS.RPI.EDU (Ken Vastola) writes: > ISO actually develops standards for wine-tasting glasses, too! Much as I think what ISO is doing the the communications protocol arena is silly and a rampant case of NIH, I don't think Ken's dig at ISO for standardizing wine-tasting glasses is justified. What's wrong with standard wine-tasting glasses? Wine is a big industry, and certainly comparative testing of various wines is an important part of that industry. Does it not make sense to standardize whatever you can of that process? I know essentially zilch about wines, but let's assume Burgundys taste best in a short wide glass and Zinfandels in a tall narrow one. Does it not make sense for wine tasters around the world to use an ISO Q.19 glass for Burgundy and an ISO Q.21 glass for Zinfandel when they do their taste tests? Or would you rather they just rummage around for whatever they happen to have on hand and then have one claim that the other used the wrong glass and thus biased his test? Lots of things in life are standardized besides computers. Motor oil, screw threads, printers inks, baseballs, lumber, and a zillion other things. In virtually ever case where there is no standard for comparison, chaos reigns. Why not wine-tasting glasses? -- Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016 {allegra,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu "The connector is the network"
vastolak@TURING.CS.RPI.EDU (Ken Vastola) (08/09/89)
ISO actually develops standards for wine-tasting glasses, too!