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Re: No XML Binaries? Buy Hardware

• From: Robin Berjon <robin@j...>
• To: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:48:45 +0100

On Feb 22, 2007, at 19:35, Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Indeed these beliefs may not be unrelated. Both binary and hardware  
> solutions have the common distinction of being more opaque than  
> their competitors. Perhaps it is their very opaqueness that makes  
> them attractive.

In the interest of fairness, I've spoken to a great many proponents  
of efficient XML and interested parties, and I've only very rarely  
seen that argument come up other than as a joke. What I have seen far  
more often is people who don't see what is fundamentally less opaque  
about a text-based format (and if they're in the Web Services  
business, can we really blame them?).

Never ascribe to malice yadda yadda.

--
Robin Berjon
........................................................................
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   dimwit who threw me in prison.
Bender: You really are too picky.
                         -- Futurama

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