Digital BW, The Print

Setting common standards is not the same thing as "regulation" in the manner
you infer.  Their are numerous examples of how the pursuit of common
standards has accelerated economic development and investment, eg almost any
agreement on computer communication protocols.  The mere fact of the matter
is that the US is a big enough market that its backwardness in this area has
been able to remain.  This is not the case in other industries eg the woeful
US cellular telephony market which is now many years behind its foreign
counterparts which benefited from the agreement of technology standards.

But please guys - enough is enough.  Can't we put this little argument to
bed?


> From: Stephen Billard <stephen@...>


> 
> If you are inclined to regulate economies, please do so. However, regulated
> economies have proved less than successful in recent times. Let the market
> decide. If US companies were not competitive because they used 8.5x11 paper,
> they would change.
> 
> -Stephen
>  www.sbillard.org/Stephen