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To: DiViT who wrote (60814)	8/24/2001 2:33:13 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Respond to of 74651

Divit,, re: So by Dave's definition, Standard can mean "common or in wide-spread use". By that definition Windows is a standard. That would be known as a "de-facto" standard. webopedia.com de facto standard A format, language, or protocol that has become a standard not because it has been approved by a standards organization but because it is widely used and recognized by the industry as being standard. Some examples of de facto standards include: Hayes command set for controlling modems Kermit Communications Protocol Xmodem Communications Protocol Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language (PCL) for laser printers. PostScript page description language for laser printers re: So why don't Apple or Sun ship the Standard OS? They don't mention OSes above, but I suspect Windows would win based on the widely used definition.