On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > I think Greg has a good point. I would be nice to include the desktop as > > > a part of the OS for a personal workstation, but having the choice of no > > > GUI is why some people choose linux.
> > That's why layered or modular standard with optional higher layers > > or modules designed for interoperability rather than for prefering > > any existing solution would be a good thing IMHO. > Yes, modular standards are a Good Thing[TM]. > However, something I'd like to *strongly* propose is to adopt an > RFC-like concept, where anyone can submit documents to be published; Good idea. > by default to be considered "Informational", but which can be > standards-track (Proposed Standard, Standard). Kind of LETF? ;-) > That way people who hack up useful things can document them to improve > interoperability, without going through an expensive standardization > process until it becomes warranted. Having a central repository of > such documents is very useful, as the RFC's and the FidoNet > I hereby volunteer to be virtual Jon Postel and maintain such an > archive, should it be considered useful. OK. I think I will start working in my spare time on something that would work like what we talk here about. Marcin Krol ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiroshima 45 Tschernobyl 86 Windows 95
