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The first HTML was pretty bad. It was end-tagged a la RTF. Rubinsky told us that it got better as some experienced SGMLers became involved. He cited Connolly, Anders, etc. One might say that it did the job it was intended to so but as more people wanted to so more with it, it didn't stay simple. Simple is good, but nothing with multiple interests stays simple. It isn't the original simple idea one contends with; it is the results of more requirements bearing more features. Think of it as Heisenberg Unleashed: we can't know the position because it moves if we look at it and if we keep looking at it, it keeps moving. ISO says, issue only every five years and that controls the rate of change. I think that is the best one can do. As to openness, it comes down to the people. Expertise is one factor in any given person. Leadership skill is not necessarily technical. I laugh every time I see the phrase "all we need are programers". Leadership is very individual. Lauren Wood is a good example to follow. Anyone ever figure out exactly how she does it? The one time I met her, I was struck by her enormous capacity to make one feel appreciated. (Ok, Lauren; the cult of personality will now begin to bronze your shoes....) Len http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Thomas Nicol [mailto:gtn@e...] > HTML, of course, was designed by an amateur. Again, I think Tim had a pretty good knowledge of markup and hypermedia when he first designed HTML... probably more than people give him credit for. He probably did have gaps though... hence some of limitations/problems we saw. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l...
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