Subj : XML
To   : andrew clarke
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Sat Jan 04 2003 09:42 pm

   Quoting andrew clarke on Sun 5 Jan 2003  3:21 to Jan Vermeulen:

>>>> 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.

ac> I understood the context, but...

>> I should have said:
>> "As_far_as_FidoNet_is_concerned, XML is good for local, not for global
>> wide use."

ac> You haven't said why.

   Why do you send all wrongs my way?

   We're talking FidoNet, remember, and we did agree that we have a number of
unupgradeble nodes you nor me want to loose, didn't we?

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> I don't think anyone is suggesting it is "the final solution".  But
ac> it is probably the best option for a "next step".

   We'll nead an intermediate step in order to mend broken 'things' (I have no
better expression yet, as I still have no clue as to what exactly is broken) so
the nodelist can provide part of the input for anything newer and better.


   -=<[ JV ]>=-


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