Re: [Lynx-dev] (a) list mail format error; (b) broken owner- address

[Travis Siegel]

On 8/13/2021 9:22 AM, Mouse wrote:
> now. I don't know whether it's arrogance, just living in the GNU echo
> chamber, or what, but they seem to expect everybody to Just Know that
> they think they've rewritten the standard.
>
> Standards don't work that way.


They do if you're microsoft.  How many times have we seen over the years 
when microsoft takes a perfectly good protocol, then completely rewrites 
it to suit their purposes (pap/chap anyone)?

That's just the first one that comes to mind.  I'm sure I could find 
more if I thought about it for a few minutes.  It's always possible to 
redefine a standard if you have enough clout/muscle behind the redefinition.

Microsoft isn't the only company who has done this in the past, just one 
of the biggest.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that it happens other places too.