From tuck@maspar.com Thu Jan 6 00:18:04 1994 Received: from maspar.MasPar.COM by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA10791 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Thu, 6 Jan 1994 17:17:00 +0100 Received: from armada by maspar.MasPar.COM (5.65/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA10463; Thu, 6 Jan 1994 08:19:18 -0800 Received: by armada.MasPar.COM (5.57/Ultrix2.0-B) id AA13090; Thu, 6 Jan 94 08:18:54 -0800 Received: by argosy.MasPar.COM (5.57/Ultrix2.4-C) id AA22136; Thu, 6 Jan 94 08:18:33 -0800 Received: by milan.MasPar.Com (5.57/Ultrix2.4-C) id AA01303; Thu, 6 Jan 94 08:18:07 -0800 Message-Id: <9401061618.AA01303@milan.MasPar.Com> To: sun!Eng!Keith.Bierman@uunet.uu.net (Keith Bierman fpgroup) Cc: schaffert@crl.dec.com, x3j3@ncsa.uiuc.edu, jksharp@saix367.sandia.gov, msmith@vax2.cstp.umkc.edu, payne@hpcgrp.enet.dec.com, susila!fpgp@uunet.uu.net, nceg@cray.com, zigzag!validgh!numeric-interest@uunet.uu.net, zigzag!scott.jameson@uunet.uu.net, Corp!michelle.aden@uunet.uu.net, SC22WG5@dkuug.dk, magickingdom!Mickey@uunet.uu.net, chiba!bjervis@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Public comments on LIA-1 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jan 94 19:52:35 PST." <9401060352.AA21601@chiba.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 94 08:18:04 -0800 From: "Russ Tuck" X-Mts: smtp X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Keith Bierman reported talking to many people who were not aware of LIA-1, who when made aware of it were generally opposed to its goals but did not have time to study it thoroughly and make carefully considered comments, but who would almost certainly be affected if LIA-1 became a standard. Although I was not among those Keith talked to, I fit this description. My only exposure to LIA-1 has been the comments sent to the NCEG mailing list. Those comments have been well reasoned and supported, they have been from responsible and well informed people I respect, and they have been strongly against adopting LIA-1 as a standard of any kind. These comments convinced me that the LIA-1 effort should be allowed to die, and should not be adopted as a standard. (Keith's point that "allowed to die" is hardly a real possibility, much less the default, is indeed a serious structural problem.) I would like my silence up to this point to be clearly interpreted as agreement with these arguments AGAINST adopting LIA-1 as a standard. Russ Tuck, Systems Architect tuck@maspar.com (408) 736-3300 FAX: (408) 736-9560 MasPar Computer Corporation 749 N. Mary Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA (I speak only for myself.)