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Re: A simple guy with a simple problem

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>, Sean McGrath <sean@d...>
• Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:29:43 -0500

At 02:51 PM 3/15/01 -0500, Jonathan Borden wrote:
>Firstly simple guys with simple problems _don't_ use internal subsets. Just
>because your toolset includes a fancy wrench doesn't mean that you ought use
>it for tightening a simple nut. My advice is to put that wrench away for a
>day in which your simple wrench doesn't work -- but don't throw it away
>because the day you need it, you'll be glad its in your toolbox.

I don't think Bob wants to use these things - he has to deal with an 
outside world where people send him such things, and regularly.  That fancy 
wrench isn't anything he wants to use.

Amazing how there really are people out there who feel convinced they must 
use every feature...


Simon St.Laurent - Associate Editor, O'Reilly and Associates
XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
XHTML: Migrating Toward XML
http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books

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