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by veltas 222 days ago
Says that, but I don't agree with that. If anything it would have been less successful being picked up in discount markets if the specs weren't free for download, and I don't know what fringes they're trying to break into but probably none of them care whether the spec is ISO.
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rjsw 221 days ago
That can depend on how the spec gets made into an ISO standard. There is a process called "harvesting" that can allow the original author to continue to distribute an existing specification independently of ISO.
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jcelerier 221 days ago
> Says that, but I don't agree with that

I guess you just never had to fill in a grant application where you have to justify that you are using official standards so that you can get money

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veltas 221 days ago
I'm guessing in those kinds of situations it doesn't matter about the arch given x86 and ARM also aren't ISO standards. The manufacturers however should comply with relevant quality standards.
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jcelerier 220 days ago
it doesn't matter when there is no ISO standard for a given tech. But as soon as there is one, then you have to provide arguments as to "why didn't you use the standard".
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