Subj : XML
To : Scott Little
From : Kay Shapero
Date : Sun Jan 12 2003 11:33 am
on Jan Jan 03 11:03, Scott Little wrote to Jasen Betts:
JB>> AFAICT there's no rule against development, but making things worse
JB>> for people isn't a good idea.
SL> There's a difference between leaving people and their vintage
SL> software behind, and making things worse for them.
I'm not so sure this is as big an issue as we think, frankly - of late I've had
several old workhorses start eroding on me (Binkley, msged and Xlaxdiff) and
would be delighted to replace the lot if I could find the software to do so
(preferably without having to spend a month figuring it out, to be sure.) I'll
admit I'd like to see DOS upgrades, given that I'm running the Aerie in a
MS-DOS window on my pentium, where it takes up very little room indeed. But
I'd settle for Windoze (I'm NOT changing over to LINUX if only for serious lack
of time).
I do think that whilst upgrading the nodelist, should we leave room for future
modifications so as to simpify any further changes.
And as long as the original version is also available, those who are using
something that can't handle the new one shouldn't have too much trouble.
