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And don't forget EBCDIC ^h^h^h^h^h^h SECAM. I find it very relevant to the subtext of this discussion. Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: Guy Murphy [mailto:guy-murphy@e...] > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 12:31 PM > To: Bullard, Claude L (Len); 'XML-DEV ' > Subject: Re: OS other than Win > > > Would that be PAL or NTSC television? > > I'm watching a PAL TV, I suspect you might be watching an NTSC (right > acronym) TV. > > Guy. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> > To: "Guy Murphy" <guy-murphy@e...>; "'XML-DEV '" > <xml-dev@l...> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 5:12 PM > Subject: RE: OS other than Win > > > > The less I have to think about, the less I > > have to think. > > > > It should all be easy. It must be easy. > > Who has time to keep up with different OSs? > > Homogeneity is where it is at now: one > > closed world model on a standard platform, > > just like television. > > > > Len > > http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard > > > > Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. > > Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Guy Murphy [mailto:guy-murphy@e...] > > > > Most places I've worked are a mix of of both flavours of Windows, and > > flavours of Unix, each chosen based upon it's suitability for the task. > > > > It's the standards that allow the different flavours and OSes to coexist > > side by side. > > > > To make casual assumptions with obviously little experience outside a > closed > > world about the usage of Unix is as silly as to make casual assumptions > > about the use of English, and simply brushing aside consideration of > > languages such as Spanish. > > > > I can fully understand how from some positions the world might appear to > be > > nearly completely English speaking, or all running Windows. It > is however > a > > naive viewpoint, and not a good measure of reality. > > > > It's a rich and varied world out there, and I wouldn't be too quick to > > blinker yourself. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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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