[Sigia-l] AIfIA Goals 2004 Survey Results

[Karl Groves]

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> Listera
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] AIfIA Goals 2004 Survey Results
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> "david_fiorito at vanguard.com" wrote:
> 
> > A lack of standards has some very real effects that cause 
> costs to rise.
> 
> So do blind gravitation towards standards. Here's an OS "standard":

<snip a whole bunch of red herrings>

I don't recall anyone in this conversation saying that standards should be applied without thought.
Adherence to standards requires an understanding of the standards themselves and the reasons for them.
The examples you provided only demonstrated one thing: That standards are worthless when applied by ignorant people.
That does not equate to the standard itself being bad.

-Karl