RE: Big B, little b
Rich,
I understand that we are bound by the IEEE style guide. I also understand
that we are bound by "de law." I don't think the US Supreme Court would
concur that the IEEE style guide has precidence over the legal system. Also,
frankly, I'm not especially frightened by the IEEE style police. :-)
jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Taborek [mailto:rtaborek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:02 AM
To: HSSG
Subject: Re: Big B, little b
Jonathan,
Let's not mix legal issues with style issues. What we have here is a
style issue. I can add a direct patent reference into Clause 48 for good
measure, However, it's already in Clause 36 so it's not required. We can
call the trasnmission code Fred or %$#@ instead of 8b/10b if we choose.
However, neither Fred nor %$#@ comply with the IEEE Style guide.
Best Regards,
Rich
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Jonathan Thatcher wrote:
>
> Bizarre this discussion....
>
> Okay, so what legal rights does IBM have here and will they choose to
> exercise them?
>
> jonathan
>
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> Subject: Re: Big B, little b
>
> Brad,
>
> This is indeed the exact same 8B/10B using the exact same
> encoding/decoding, disparity and data/control characters.
> Just because we're putting a different protocol over the
> top of this coding doesn't mean the coding isn't the same.
>
> Ben
>
> "Booth, Bradley" wrote:
> >
> > Okay, it's my turn... I think that it should be 8b/10b. Not only
because
> > "b" stands for bit, but because the 8b/10b used by used in 10G is
> different
> > than the 8B/10B used in 1G. Although our 8b/10b references the 8B/10B
> > encoding in clause 36, we do have some different codes, and we've done
> > things to alleviate some EMI issues.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Brad
>
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