• To: gtn@r... (Gavin Thomas Nicol)
• Subject: Re: Better is better
• From: Mark Baker <distobj@a...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:48:39 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <E16TS6f-0001a9-00@s...> from "Gavin Thomas Nicol" at Jan 23, 2002 01:23:47 PM

> I am sure did not exist for the WWW. In fact, I 
> think I was the first person to claim we should treat tthe WWW as a 
> single application.

Hmm, wouldn't that be Tim?  It *is* a single application.  That's the
whole point.  Only within the context of a single application can the
kind of interoperability we've seen on the Web happen.  It just happens
to be a very general application.

> The WWW succeeded because of URI's (glue), simplicity (quick inertia 
> buildup) and network effects, not good design per se.

<sigh/>

MB
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