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To: gdichaz who wrote (11996)12/4/1999 8:55:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 54805
 
Cha2,

I'm confused. What's new? :)

WAP is a nonproprietory "open" standard. But the creator of that standard stripped to essentials is Phone.com - then Unwired Planet. By making this part "open" they are now the "experts" and the brains on that open standard.

If it is a nonproprietary standard it HAD to be open. By definition there is no nonproprietary standard that isn't open.

Is it that Phone.com was in control of the proprietary standard and decided for whatever reason to make it non-proprietary as in the case of Linux?

--Mike Buckley



To: gdichaz who wrote (11996)12/4/1999 8:58:00 PM
From: johnzhang  Respond to of 54805
 
RE: Not completely OT

Chaz a..k.a. Cha2

Note: On this thread I am careful to be Cha2 since chaz was here when I first posted.

Do I have to change my name in this thread to Joh9 or Joh90? I'll have to go over all 12,000 posts to count how many Johns have posted here. <g>

John


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