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Re: An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification


Re:  An unclear point with W3C XML 1.0 Specification
david.lyon@c... wrote:


>>>In XML 1.0, we have a larger file with no type information
>>>and in the computergrid format, we have type information as
>>>well as a saving of around 35% or 2,680,000 bytes.
>>>
>>
>>It's smaller, though somehow I doubt that's important....
> 
> 
> Well, it can be important in a business context. People in
> business don't have unlimited time. If a pricelist or any
> document takes too long to load up... they'll simply
> give the ctrl-alt-delete and give up. They have no love
> for the computers, I can assure you.

In 2005 I find it hard to believe any business computer or network would 
notice or care about a 2.5 MB savings. Perhaps if you were working in an 
embedded environment, but in that case you're probably not using XML 
anyway.

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