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How polite were the XULers to others who had invented similar things before they got to it? XUL doesn't 'own' it either and XML doesn't care. The polemic of 'standards and interoperability' just doesn't wash anymore. It is a good idea for owners of similar information who must share tasks to standardize on data definitions. But the "thou shalt not imitate" polemic just doesn't wash because it is a spy vs spy game where some group claims they are more standard because they claim to be first when in fact, only implementation proves the code and only market willingness to embrace that code amplifies the claim to be 'standard'. The MID guys got to it before the XULers. Quite possibly, others got to it before the MID guys. The HTMLers shouted down anything not of their own making, and got away with that for a while. Not any more. Innovation, that is, technology that survives with or without a business plan, still drives the technical revolution. Failing to sell as well as someone else who reinvents or reengineers an old idea is just failing. No more important; no less. One can't just win in the marketplace of ideas; one has to win in the marketplace of products. No Plan = No Product = No Buyer = No Sale = No Pay. len -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Bauer [mailto:luxorxul@y...] Well, my point was that Microsoft doesn't care about standards and blissfully ignores CSS and reinvents the wheel to take full control. Will Microsoft play together with others? Of course, not. They want it all for themselves. The main point of XML is interoperability as far as I know. If you tell the world my way or the highway how is this true to the XML charter?
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