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Re: One (jaundiced?) view of Microsoft's vision for XML

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• Subject: Re: One (jaundiced?) view of Microsoft's vision for XML
• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 11:08:04 -0400
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Joe Fawcett scripsit:

> As usual Microsoft can't win. If InfoPath and custom schemas came with all 
> versions of Office people would moan that "it's bloatware" and "we're 
> paying for features we'll never use". If they don't they're accused of 
> making it inaccessible.

It's not whether they package it with Office or not, it's whether
they make it available to retail customers at all.

-- 
John Cowan  jcowan@r...  www.reutershealth.com  ccil.org/~cowan
Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos          --Lithuanian proverb
Deus dedit dentes; deus dabit panem             --Latin version thereof
Deity donated dentition;
  deity'll donate doughnuts                     --English version by Muke Tever
God gave gums; God'll give granary              --Version by Mat McVeagh

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