tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33168639.post5646499345744313138..comments2008-11-11T22:19:41.197-05:00Dr. Yesha Sivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215832750430440319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33168639.post-83216646395822879122008-11-11T22:19:00.000-05:002008-11-11T22:19:00.000-05:00Good comments txs. I will edit in the next version.<BR/><BR/>And yes... for a standard to be meaningful it has to be political.Dr. Yesha Sivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215832750430440319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33168639.post-48887557079624352662008-11-11T18:42:00.000-05:002008-11-11T18:42:00.000-05:00On p. 35, did you mean "Google"?<BR/><BR/>P. 41, what does that last hard 10% consist of? In general, what's the 40%+ that's not there?<BR/><BR/>I've participated deeply (as IBM rep) in two major standards groups. My take is that they're 100% business-political. You don't get a meaningful standard unless you have the major players participating, and nobody participates unless they see a way to make a profit from it. That may include participating in order to derail the process by any means available, including very dirty tricks, in order to preserve a current market situation favorable to them.Greg Pfisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12651996181651540140noreply@blogger.com