Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:33:08 07/18/05
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On July 18, 2005 at 15:06:10, Steve Glanzfeld wrote: >On July 18, 2005 at 14:50:28, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>It is a commerical program with a lot of success. > >Yes, but this is a poor argument. Which format would you consider better in >terms of quality, logic and compatibility, overall? Those things are practically irrelevant. Look at when Microsoft proposes a standard. Everyone follows it. If "Joes Software" had supported ODBC, nobody would have written drivers for it, despite the value returned from that standard. Innovations rarely become practical, no matter how excellent, unless a giant decides that they want to try it. If there is a complete vacuum, the innovation might become successful (see, for instance Winboard). But if the innovation has not had sufficient time to become established, it will be washed away. If people want to play FRC now, the thing to do is to use the SMK API. IMO-YMMV. It's Betamax verses VHS.
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