[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message]

RE: tolerating anarchy (was Re: Personal reply)

• From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>,XML DEV <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:22:29 -0500

At 10:10 AM 3/13/01 -0600, Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
>Why was XML was adopted?  To
>give anarchists a safe sandbox so the
>rest of the world could get on with the
>business of the Internet.

Why was the Web created?  To give anarchists a safe sandbox so the rest of 
the world could _learn how to get on_ with the business of the Internet.

Ditto XML.

>That is toleration.

If you enjoy your false premise, I suppose it is.


Simon St.Laurent - Associate Editor, O'Reilly and Associates
XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
XHTML: Migrating Toward XML
http://www.simonstl.com - XML essays and books

• References:
  • RE: tolerating anarchy (was Re: Personal reply)
    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>

• Prev by Date: Wellformedness
• Next by Date: Re: typing
• Previous by thread: RE: tolerating anarchy (was Re: Personal reply)
• Next by thread: RE: tolerating anarchy (was Re: Personal reply)
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread