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Re: The year is 2027, and we need to examine archived X ML doc

• From: "Stephen Green" <stephengreenubl@g...>
• To: "Len Bullard" <len.bullard@u...>
• Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:21:34 +0100

Still no takers on this thread for UOML then?

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=uoml

Seems to me to be exactly what this thread is looking for...
An ideal outcome of XML maybe

Looking for new recruits too I believe (and it hasn't gotten too far to
be influenced it seems to me - first committee draft)

On 13/09/2007, Len Bullard <len.bullard@u...> wrote:
> Sure.  The only alternative left is PDF.  And you know how our overlords
> feel about Adobe in 2050: three tentacles to each side of the corpse.
>
> Yes, legal documents in old formats will be handled not because of any
> particular business model but because an active agency, human or digital,
> maintains the rabbit trail.  But here is the controversy: where content is
> king, open source is often second rate.  Note that IBM announced it would
> contribute to ODF, but they also stated they would not offer support for it.
> That isn't a very good deal for their customers and it is deadly to the
> lifecycle unless support is purchased elsewhere (internally using local
> staff or from external agencies; see RedHat).
>
> I'm a fan of open source and freebies in general, but high value content
> often requires paying for the quality at point of creation and over the
> lifecycle.  Being able to retrieve a failed technology from the archives is
> the cost of a bad bet made by someone who had the job before you did.
>
> len
>
> From: bryan rasmussen [mailto:rasmussen.bryan@g...]
>
> You would brave the terrible Slave Lords of Proxima Centauri that rule
> the world of 2050 to work with OOXML?!
>
> Truly you are a warrior born. I raise my spaxxwand to you in tribute!
>
> Ogruh Tik,
> Bryan Rasmussen
>
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  • RE: The year is 2027, and we need to examine archived XML documents from 2007 ...
    • From: Len Bullard <len.bullard@u...>