Re: Microsoft MVPs

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Kevin Spencer (kevin_at_DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:04:52 -0500

> Who releases these recommendations? The W3C. What do they call them?
> Recommendations.

A rose by any other name. 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.
"Jim Cheshire (JIMCO)" <contactme@mysite.com> wrote in message 
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> Kevin Spencer wrote:
>> BTW, here is a dictionary definition of the word "Standard" -
>>
>> "Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely
>> recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence. " =
>> dictionary.com
>> Now, would you say that these "recommendations" are also "standards"
>> by this definition?
>>
>
> I wouldn't.  TCP/IP is a standard.  802.11 is a standard.  IEEE 1394 is a 
> standard.  Ethernet is a standard.  HTML is not a standard.
>
> Who releases these recommendations?  The W3C.  What do they call them? 
> Recommendations.
>
> Next question.  :)
>
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