Subj : XML
To   : andrew clarke
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Sat Jan 04 2003 04:18 pm

   Quoting andrew clarke on Sat 4 Jan 2003 22:39 to Jan Vermeulen:

ac> Tue 2002-12-24 18:45, Jan Vermeulen (2:280/100) wrote to Scott
ac> Little:

>> XML is good for local, not for global wide use.

ac> I don't know where you got that idea.

   I thought that in the context this would be a matter of course, but it
appears I was mistaken. I should have said: "As_far_as_FidoNet_is_concerned,
XML is good for local, not for global wide use."

ac> "XML was designed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to
ac> streamline data exchange across the Internet.

   W3C is not all of the internet. XML may be fine as it is but there is no
single cure for all pains.

ac> XML is ... &c

   Thank you for the explanation.


   -=<[ JV ]>=-


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