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Before we bronze too much, Yuri would point to Charles, and Charles would point to Sharon. They did not always agree, and they lead in different ways. Two of those people are still leading. We were once a very small community and now we are a considerably larger one and we need and have more leaders. That is a good thing. I suspect if you ask Charles or Sharon, you will find they are very proud of this. Few among us can claim to have dedicated a life to moving a planet, and they did not do it alone. I spent last weekend throwing away more literature on SGML than I suspect most people have ever seen. Who remembers OWL? Who remembers SIGHyper, SMDL? Who wrote for <TAG>? Who has a draft 8879 or a copy of Martin Bryan's Author's Guide, or Goldfarb's SGML Handbook? There is a long history in the markup community. It is also past. The work we do now builds on it, but the work is now and future. The heros we need are above ground. Yuri was the face man. He evangelized and he found talent. He gave people a sense of self-worth and made them feel like they belonged to something larger, something hopeful and wonderful and fun. If Yuri taught me anything, it was eyes forward and people matter. And laugh as much as you can. One should enjoy this great game we play. I want mine to say (1954 - ) for as long as possible. Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Robin Cover [mailto:robin@i...] Here's a friendly challenge to the XML 'experts' who now stand upon the shoulders of those who preceded them: if you never met Yuri, try to read the obituary notices with the guess than you might come away unchanged in your inner person. You probably won't. XML (SGML 'lopped off') stands at the boundary between sanity and insanity, but contrary to what one might justifiably conclude from the current climate, it's not all about money. Take the dare (I dare you); there are only about 60 items: http://xml.coverpages.org/yuriMemColl.html What do you want your epitaph to say?
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