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    29-Oct-90  21:47:47
Sb: #7856-Consortium
Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: Kevin Pease 70516,1633 (X)

Kevin,

Boy I sure agree there. In most cases when standards are set that benefit only
one company they also are limited to that companies hardware, and that limits
the standards. Standards need to be flexible to be able to take advantage of
the future. This is tough because it is very hard to predict the future. The
maximum amount of input from a varied group of people will be the best
insurance for us. This is the best way, out in the open, to prevent a standard
from being limited to just one hardware platform. Right now with the TC70 and
MM1 using the same graphics it would be very easy for the standard to be
limited by that. We have to be careful to see that that doesn't happen. Most
(ALL) programmers will say that they do not let their hardware influence their
software design, but years of working with programmers has shown that not to be
the case. The more input the better. The more discussion the better.

Frank