Posted by Rick Denney on July 25, 2002 at 10:38:10:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Best deal on the Finale Program posted by author unknown on July 25, 2002 at 10:12:34:
Yes, that's the, um, standard joke.
A standard provides a service, and different standards provide different services. That's why there are many. Perfection is unattainable, but the explosion in the price/performance ratio of computers and peripherals is based on those standards, prodigious though they are.
Rick "who thinks software companies often don't know what business they are in" Denney