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Re: "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples

• From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
• To: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
• Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 06:52:37 -0400

On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 00:11 -0400, John Cowan wrote:

> But I repeat, there's no real reason to use MicroXML as an XML replacement,
> particularly not if you have a full XML stack anyway.

That's what we said of XML at first - there's no reason to use XML as an
SGML replacement.

We were in a world in which XML was input to a Netscape plugin.

These things have a habit of either growing like weeds, or of dying by
the wayside unused, so I prefer to prepare for success at least a
little, even if it does not come.

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  • RE: "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basic principles of ...
    • From: "Len Bullard" <cbullard@hiwaay.net>
  • RE: "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples of ...
    • From: Liam R E Quin <liam@w3.org>
  • Re: "Introducing MicroXML, Part 1: Explore the basicprinciples of ...
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>