Richard Town wrote the following to Craig Ford, and I quote (in part):
     RT>> Or is v.pcm SG16 recommendation to ITU(t) already riddled with 
     RT>> possible incompatabilities?
   CF-> Is that not what interop testing is for?
 RT> It's the server market that the suits are getting all hot 'n
 RT> bothered about IMO.  How can existing vested commercial interests
 RT> be maintained? 
As it has always been maintained.... by adding more features than the other 
vendors, or by offering more attractive pricing for equivialent merchandise.
  RT> Especially in the face of a "standard" which, if the predictions
  RT> posted by David are believed to become reality, will be nothing of
  RT> the kind? 
As you well know, ITU-T recommendations are not cook books. They do not 
prescribe the techniques of building modems, rather they detail the behavior 
that modems conforming to the recommendations shall have. A great deal of the 
implementation of a recommendation is left to descretion and ingenuity, and 
some aspects are entirely optional.
The purpose of interop teting is to iron out incompatabilities between the 
various implementaions of a recommendation.
Regards....
Craig
aka: cford@ix.netcom.com
   : craig.ford@2001.conchbbs.com
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