• From: John Cowan <cowan@l...>
• To: XML Dev <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 10:02:48 -0500

Michael Kay wrote:

> More importantly, is
> there any guarantee that a researcher in 100 years' time will be able to
> find a copy of the XML standard?

Given the existence of weapons of mass destruction, there is no
way to guarantee the *existence* of any researchers in 100 years.
We all do the best we can.

-- 
John Cowan	http://www.ccil.org/~cowan		cowan@c...
	You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
	You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
		Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)

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