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Ann Navarro scripsit: > I think this is something forgotten in many of the arguments and > development cycles of recent technologies. The implementers are far fewer > than the users. Ease of implementation, IMO, should take a back seat to > ease of use. That something may take a software developer a few extra hours > is no reason to make it harder for the author every document produced using > that technology. In principle you are right. But if something is too hard to implement, would-be implementers and their managers will look at the 1000-page standard, say "The hell with it" and do something proprietary. Then the users have something easier to use, but they are locked-in. -- John Cowan jcowan@r... www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders." --Hal Abelson
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