WS20001.00 PRINTER.PDF 0 !Release3.00 !, 229 97,+1989 12 8+*1987 3 13*-C:\WS2000\WS2000.WS2 -. ./ /0 01 12 2u 0 0 i 0 0i^ 6^_ 6_[AA $).38=BGLQV[`ejoty~[a 66a\ 10\] 10]b11be1ef1fg1gh00h`1 3 2` vz 6 0z{ 6 0{b10b[A $).38=BGLQV[`ejoty~I[How standards get created The standards lifecycle works best as follows: A new product is created, typically by a fanatic who doesn't listen to his managers or to his customers, and who wants to overturn the current standard. This first step happens hundreds of times; one in a hundred times, the fanatic creates something better than the current standard by an order of magnitude. Then, with some luck, this ten-times-better mousetrap attracts a committed marketing team and financial backing -- sometimes from an existing company, but more frequently from sources with less vested interest in the old.  .8I W I -:I'xG-   7 I# QkVU