Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[Mike Schilling]

"John Bokma" <john at castleamber.com> wrote in message 
news:Xns96F3DB7684BFcastleamber at 130.133.1.4...
> "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "John Bokma" <john at castleamber.com> wrote in message
>
> [ w3c "standard" v.s. ISO ]
>
>> You haven't said why you thinbk "standards" are more valuable than
>> "recommendations". We apparently both agree they're no more likely to be
>> observed, so what is the reason?
>
> That an HTML standard (ISO/IEC 15445:2000) and an HTML recommendation by
> w3c (4.01 for example) are two different things, and mixing them up by
> calling both standards is a bad thing.

Sorry, that's non-responsive.

Now, once more, why are standards" *more valuable* than "recommendations"?