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That won't be good enough. Not nearly. The American electorate is evenly split. The world electorate is expressing a displeasure. While these are not logically conjunctive, they are symbolically and it is the semiotic effect that creates superstitious behavior. Here is an example. While in the makeup room preparing to go on stage last week, a Marine recruit, still in high school but about to go to the real thing, made the bold statement that "people think the Internet was invented by Americans, but it was really invented at CERN". That's an easy one to refute because the kid is mixing up technologies, slapping a label on them, and confidently working from that misinformation. Now where did he get this information? From the Web. From those who do have an agenda if nothing more than trying to assert they have 'inside information'. That's the way it works. Smart knowledgeable people can refute it but he doesn't believe them because he believes he has 'inside information'. This is the classic routine known as Tootsie Fruitsie (See "A Day At The Races" The Marx Brothers). It is exploited everyday in marketing, sales and other political pursuits. So it is necessary to do more than say "Bollox". Some patience and attention to detail is needed. If we don't get it from the press, we have to state it where the press hangs out. XML-Dev is one of those places. Sometimes a vital kernel of fact drops from this and that is always worth saving. So I have to respectfully disagree with you. Had the article not been forwarded to me for comment, I wouldn't have noticed. Because it was and from someone who blogs prominently, I thought it a good idea to get experts to look it over. As in open source, the more smart eyes, the better. len From: Peter Hunsberger [mailto:peter.hunsberger@g...] If anything is needed here (and it's not clear that there is anything needed) it is for the people with the knowledge of the cited technologies and companies to stand up and say "this is nonsense". Nothing more; a point by point rebuttal is impossible since none of the "points" are coherent enough for real true rebuttal.
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