• From: David Megginson <ak117@f...>
• To: "XML Developers' List" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 07:22:57 -0400

Len Bullard writer:

 > >This is an old gripe of mine about the XML process as conducted by
 > >this effort.  It is not open.  That has troubled me from the
 > >beginning because it is an open effort to replace an open
 > >standard, SGML, with a closed standard, XML.  It is a horrible
 > >precedent even if a successful one.

Frank Boumphrey writes:

 > Bravo!! Well said!!!

Can I download a free copy of the ISO 8879:1986 spec?


All the best,


David

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