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Re: It is Pretty Dumb (Was RE: Not so stupid (was re: More StupidXMLArti

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: XML-Dev Mailing list <xml-dev@x...>
• Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 18:37:49 -0400

At 11:18 PM 10/4/00 +0100, Edd Dumbill wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 05:49:50PM -0400, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
>> Why is this list getting so hyper-sensitive about any press that suggests
>> XML isn't perfect?
>
>I'll gladly entertain notions that XML isn't perfect, but I won't do so
>on the basis of an obivously erroneous (not just controversial) article.

That still doesn't explain why XML-Dev is freaking out.

Lousy - erroneous, sometimes wildly - articles about XML have been around
since the beginning.  xmlhack could have probably filled up a 'stupid press
tricks' category long ago, and the Media category sometimes feels like that
anyway.

So why are people just starting to notice?

Seems like letters to the editor are a better answer than a stupid article
list on xml-dev. 

Simon St.Laurent
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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  • It is Pretty Dumb (Was RE: Not so stupid (was re: More Stupid XMLArticles))
    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
  • Re: It is Pretty Dumb (Was RE: Not so stupid (was re: More StupidXMLArticles))
    • From: Edd Dumbill <edd@u...>

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