Quote:
Originally Posted by HarryT
With respect, a standard being "open" or "proprietory" has nothing whatsoever to do with how well it's documented. Eg, the format for audio CDs is proprietory (it's owned by the Dutch electronics company Philips) but that doesn't mean that it's not documented well enough for anyone to be able to use it.
|
My point was that the it can change to a closed standard anytime since the entity that "owns" the specification can do anything they want.