Lewin, at 22:14 on Aug 06 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> I was actually commenting on the personal attack you made on Joe's 
BG> integrity, and which was posted publicly in that echo.

LE> Any individual or organization which supports proprietarization of 
LE> standards qualifies for some quick firing squad chest surgery in my view, 
LE> and I will continue to defend that view in whatever means I think necessary 
LE> and profitable.

Despite the fact that Ian has asked me to continue this in netmail, I
consider the above comment to be relevant to this echo's charter, and I
can't agree with you at all.  Ignoring the Courier's now-obsolete non-ITU
ratified HST and V.32t protocols, what part of their code is proprietary? 
Certainly not V.34 nor Class 2.0 fax, both of which follow ITU-T
recommendations to the letter.  If you want to slag off at somebody, try
Rockwell, with their own PROPRIETARY V.FC and Class 2 protocols.  They may
indeed be in the majority, but they're not "standards" as far a
the ITU is concerned.

Regards, Bill
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