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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's usually a *goal* of standards bodies to ensure that interop is both possible in theory and minimally real in practice. This highlights the semantic games that some parties play: they'll try to substitute the status in the process (in which they can deny any design unanimous assent) with a signifier of quality or readiness.
This means parties who benefit from delay can prevent progress at no cost so long as they keep a toe in the process water and commenters remain ignorant of the game.