Re: cooperation with ISO

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 12:16:08AM -0500, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> 
> >In the ongoing debate on restructuring the work on X,
> >I would like to note that there is an opportunity to 
> >work together with ISO to standardize X. 
> >
> >ISO is currently starting up a study group on Linux
> >and related technologies, to see if there are any areas
> >that could be standardized thru ISO. 
> >
> >I think that X could be such an area, as the X APIs
> >are very mature, and X is a core component of Linux.
> >
> >A meeting to start the ISO study group has been called,
> >see http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/SC22docs/1890
> 
> I don't particularly think "design by commitee" is a very 
> successful method to produce a successful open source project on 
> a timely manner.
> 
> Example in point: X.org

The idea was not to develop new specs (at least in
the first place), but to standardize existing APIs, that are mature.

Best regards
keld