Comments on: ANSI Establishes Nanotech Standards Panel http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1640 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: chip http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1640#comment-4628 chip Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:40:07 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1640#comment-4628 <p><strong>Standards for what?</strong></p> <p>I confess that I'm a little confused by this. Generally when one sets up a standards committee, there is something one is seeking to standardize. What exactly are they supposed to be working on here? I'm not aware of any products or processes where there is an approaching critical mass of interoperability issues that would warrant a standards effort. Is there stuff going on out there that I'm not aware of or is this just more turf grabbing and political posturing from the NNI crown?</p> Standards for what?

I confess that I'm a little confused by this. Generally when one sets up a standards committee, there is something one is seeking to standardize. What exactly are they supposed to be working on here? I'm not aware of any products or processes where there is an approaching critical mass of interoperability issues that would warrant a standards effort. Is there stuff going on out there that I'm not aware of or is this just more turf grabbing and political posturing from the NNI crown?

]]> By: RobertBradbury http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1640#comment-4627 RobertBradbury Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:28:32 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=1640#comment-4627 <p><strong>ANSI committees</strong></p> <p>Having been a member of the ANSI X3J11 committee that standardized "C" nearly 20 years ago I can testify to both how interesting and agonizing a standard setting process can be. However once C was standardized (rather than sitting in Dennis Ritchie's head) it became a lot more useful and several companies (Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, etc.) were able to take advantage of that.</p> <p>I know -- lets send Howard... He'll write about anything... :-;</p> V3 V ANSI committees

Having been a member of the ANSI X3J11 committee that standardized "C" nearly 20 years ago I can testify to both how interesting and agonizing a standard setting process can be. However once C was standardized (rather than sitting in Dennis Ritchie's head) it became a lot more useful and several companies (Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, etc.) were able to take advantage of that.

I know — lets send Howard… He'll write about anything… :-;

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