RE: APIs - was Re: Visibility
"Assaf Arkin" <[email protected]>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Geoff Arnold > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:26 PM > To: Mark Baker > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: APIs - was Re: Visibility > > Over the years I've come to the conclusion that the skill sets required > for protocol and API design are sufficiently different that it's a mistake > to have the same people do both. And in practice they rarely do - > most standards > bodies emphasize one or the other. The technologies, economics, > and yes, politics > involved are quite different. +1 arkin > > That trout is a red herring. Out of the pond with it! > > Geoff >