Modem Wars: Agreed, the ITU-T just doesn't work that way....
W.F. Rakecky says, "ROK/LU hope by sheer numbers and dominance to influence the standards committee to adopt their protocol."
David Lawrence replies, "I know I'm taking that out of context. No chance of that happening. None. It'll be a mix of the competing protocols."
I strongly agree with David. The whole pressure of the standards process is to get something that is technically best, no matter what is in the field already. ROK/LU at one point seemed to be threatening a US standard (from the EIA/TIA) where they might have actually been able to push something, since the voters in those bodies are the industry members.
But the voters in the ITU-T are countries. The USA gets a single vote, for example. That doesn't mean that the real decisions aren't made in the committee meetings in advance of voting, where there is a lot of industry participation, but it's international industry. Besides, USRX presented its version to the ITU-T first, as far as I can tell from the various announcements.
Rockwell FAQ section on standards process:
nb.rockwell.com
USR white paper on standards process:
usr.com |
