Question for net.views column in UNIX Today!

[Mark Lawrence]

In article <1991Mar01.185418.1066 at utoday.com> you write:
} Will user organizations ever be effective in steering open systems?

Only to the extent that entities with significant purchasing power are
represented in the user organizations.  The only reason OSI MAP/TOP are
doing _anything_ is because GM made a corporate commitment to it.  If the
user organizations can extract like firm commitments from their
constituent companies, then they've a chance of influencing vendors.

Mark Lawrence
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