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Are Standards Groups Stifling Innovation?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blowing-off-steam dept.

cpfeifer writes "Jim Waldo expresses a a controversial viewpoint in his blog: "Common wisdom, especially in distributed computing, says that the right approach to all problems is to use a standard. This common wisdom has no basis in fact or history, and is curtailing innovation and rewarding bad behavior in our industry. " He also goes on to clarify his position and explain his reasoning."

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  1. Who in the blue hell is Jim Waldo? by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Troll

    And why do I care what he writes in his blog?

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  2. Slashdotted... by tundog · · Score: 0, Troll


    Where's Waldo?

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