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

[John O'Keefe]

In addition, isn't there an issue about using the current (copyrighted) text
if we use some other vehicle for releasing a revised (or replacement)
standard?

John
On Jan 7, 2008 9:58 AM, Bruce Badger <bwbadger at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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