RE: Data rate standards vs internal switching standards]
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> Keep it simple. Keep it cheap. Maintain the value of your earnings
> and stock.
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> Thomas Dineen
I find the above call by Thomas Dineen of no relevance to the discussion.
Were the participants to jointly consider earnings and stock value as a guideline
for the standards process, they would be probably violating antitrust law.
(It would surely cut travel. We would hold plennaries in Folsom penitentiary).
From ftp://stdsbbs.ieee.org/training/ImperativePrinciples.ppt
"Avoid antitrust situations/appearance of collusion..."
Ariel