[ANSI-Smalltalk] Response to the first draft of our project application

[Bruce Badger]

On 07/01/2008, Paolo Bonzini <paolo.bonzini at lu.unisi.ch> wrote:
> Ralph Johnson wrote:
> > So, how about if we make a standard and promote it under our own name?

> Right, that's what people do with Python Enhancement Proposals, Ruby
> Community Requests, and for Java itself too.

I think the ANSI process gives us a couple of things:

o Process (:-)) - in particular a mechanism for reaching consensus

o Gravitas - people understand that an ANSI standard is something of substance

I didn't look to ANSI for any promotion or marketing value, though
saying ANSI will add weight to a marketing message.

For the process part - who has a good one?  Can we mirror what ANSI
does by having an elected "board" or some such that has a final say on
things?

For gravitas, we'd just have to earn that.


All the best,
    Bruce
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