Re: About the situation with http://www.yourvote.com/pci/

[Dan Mick <dan.mick@sun.com>]

Tony Pierce wrote:
> YourVote.com Supporters,
>
> Thank you for making us aware of your concerns regarding Jim Boemler’s 
> online Vendor and Device Lists for PCI technology. 
> 
> There has been a misunderstanding between PCI-SIG and Jim – PCI-SIG 
> officers are currently working with Jim to resolve the issues as quickly 
> as possible.  We respect Jim Boemler’s work and are committed to support 
> the PCI specification efforts industry-wide.  We are confident that we 
> will come to an amicable resolution. 
>
> We are pleased to see the strong industry support for PCI technologies 
> and value your response to the issues.  We understand this site has been 
> a very valuable tool and are working together to find a solution to make 
> sure that the tool is available to the public in some way.
> 
> Thank you for your support for PCI technology over the years.  We will 
> be sure to keep you informed as we come to resolution in this situation.
> 
> Tony Pierce
> 
> PCI-SIG Chairman

How refreshing to see that sense has taken hold again.

However, I'd still like to know the story of how such ludicrous legal
action made it through the set of approvals necessary to cause it to
happen, much less who thought it would be a good idea to start it up at
all.  Seriously: what damage does using the logo for its intended purpose, 
to promulgate the acceptance of PCI as an industry standard, cause?
Even if there is damage, why would anything other than "stop using our 
logo" be called for, ever?  And where on *earth* did that "P", "C", "I" 
thing originate from?

Seriously, without some postmortem, how are we stopping this from happening 
again?