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Brexit trade deal advises governments to use Netscape Communicator and SHA-1. Why? It's all in the DNA

codejunky Silver badge

Re: 20 year old tech...

@AC

"Why are we even debating the definition of 'minimum standard' with you?"

Are you? Which poster are you? And the reason seems to be the mistaken assumption that the minimum standard is better than reducing that minimum standard.

"If it boils a certain amount of water or toasts bread using a certain amount of energy or less then it reaches the minimum standard. The only reason to diverge from the minimum standard is to permit more energy to be used."

Actually with the kettle it doesnt reduce the energy use, it uses the same amount of energy (technically but insignificantly more) to warm the water longer than to just boil it. So the minimum standard doesnt do anything good there at all.

Also as to using more energy, is that bad? Why is that the assumption when surely it should be the trade off of doing the job with reasonable resource use.

"UK manufacturers (those that are still going after the self-inflicted bureaucracy) will have to meet the EU minimum standard to sell to the EU. There is no debate."

Absolutely, I have never debated this. I do point out that we wont be forced to use those EU standards domestically as we were as a member. Instead the EU will be treated like everywhere else in the world and we export what they want to their standards, but domestically we have our own.

"The UK is in the EU's orbit and there's nothing the UK can do about it, because it it now has no voice at the table."

Why would we care? The EU can use whatever standards it wants, as does the US, as does China, as does India, as does the entire world.

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