----- Original Message -----
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@CEDAR.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: M$; former [PIC]: Serial Communication


> >
> >Another example of a standard M$ practice (or should that be M$ Standards
> >practice).
> >1. Announce you are going to conform to a Standard
> >2. Partially implement the Standard
> >3. Add "Enhancements" to the Standard
> >4. Announce that the M$ Standard has been adopted by so many people that
it
> >is now The Standard.
>
> Especially if the "enhancements" are only useful with other MS software.
>

And double especially if the "enchancements" result in non-interoperability
with non-MS software.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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