"Give them a chance to finish the spec... *then* complain when they don't release it."
Ah, I see, wait until it's a fait accompli and then complain.
As for the D-Book - quite. Exactly why this didn't go through ETSI I fail to see.
Even ISO standards usually get released in draft while they're being discussed, even if you have to pay for the finished article.
And regarding "the idea that ... we'll be bereft of cheap kit because someone's created a UK spec is bizarre" = how about the idea that we might have cheap kit that ACTUALLY WORKS? A lot of cheap consumer kit has had problems implementing the Freeview + specs properly, never mind getting playout equipment to actually stuff the right bits into the broadcast signal. That, I suspect, is something that can be layed at the door of a relatively small and closed marketplace which means that there aren't the economies of scale to test stuff properly.
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Wait before complaining?
"Give them a chance to finish the spec... *then* complain when they don't release it."
Ah, I see, wait until it's a fait accompli and then complain.
As for the D-Book - quite. Exactly why this didn't go through ETSI I fail to see.
Even ISO standards usually get released in draft while they're being discussed, even if you have to pay for the finished article.
And regarding "the idea that ... we'll be bereft of cheap kit because someone's created a UK spec is bizarre" = how about the idea that we might have cheap kit that ACTUALLY WORKS? A lot of cheap consumer kit has had problems implementing the Freeview + specs properly, never mind getting playout equipment to actually stuff the right bits into the broadcast signal. That, I suspect, is something that can be layed at the door of a relatively small and closed marketplace which means that there aren't the economies of scale to test stuff properly.