Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:16:00 +1000
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On 18/09/2024 5:07 pm, Ruvim wrote:
> On 2024-09-18 07:39, dxf wrote:
> ... 
>> Since
>> these extensions were never coordinated, there's no common practice
>> and thus no consensus.  Neither are willing to risk customer backlash
>> on what is essentially a dead idea.  
> 
> 
>> Their role on the TC is to ensure
>> nothing jeopardizes their investment.  It's impossible to have spent
>> 20 years 'standardizing' and have achieved so little.  
> 
> This critics is absolutely fruitless. No one owes you to develop any specifications unless you pay for it. Whether some people have achieved much or little is their own business.

When the ANS-TC sat, they did consider it their business and priority.
They knew the world wasn't going to wait.  Perhaps the situation has
changed and now it's only fans the TC need worry about.  If the attitude
is 'take it or leave it', I've made that choice.