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Re: Interesting mailing list & a rare broadside

• To: clbullar@i... ("Bullard, Claude L (Len)")
• Subject: Re: Interesting mailing list & a rare broadside
• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 09:43:59 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: John@B... ('Anderson John'), xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <2C61CCE8A870D211A523080009B94E430752B540@HQ5> from "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" at Jun 07, 2002 08:28:43 AM

"Bullard, Claude L (Len)" scripsit:

> Specifications and standards must stand on their technical merits, 
> not their provenance.   Trust yourselves to figure out what is best 
> for your own applications.

or to quote myself:

>         So by this maxim be impressed,
>         USE THE TOOLS THAT WORK THE BEST.
>         Do not yield your sovereign judgement,
>         To any sort of political fudgement.
>         The criterion of sound design
>         Should be, must be, your guideline.
>         And if you're designing documents,
>         Try RNG.  We charge no rents.

-- 
John Cowan <jcowan@r...>     http://www.reutershealth.com
I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen,    http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith.  --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_

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