> Don't forget- the last time your computer performed a floating point op, you benefited from the existence of IEEE (IEEE 754) >The last time you used a networ

> Don't forget- the last time your computer performed a floating point op, you benefited from the existence of IEEE (IEEE 754) >The last time you used a network adapter, you benefited from the IEEE (IEEE 802.3 & 802.11), All IEEE is doing here is acting as a standardization committee. IEEE didn't invent floating points or ethernet adapters. Not everything is standardized by IEEE(in fact very little, if you are talking computers), and stuff will work fine if IEEE is vaporized today. IEEE didn't invent anything, new stuff will keep getting invented, and if need be, some other label will be stuck on them.