• From: David Megginson <david@m...>
• To: "XML Developers' List" <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 06:56:50 -0500 (EST)

Frank Boumphrey writes:

 > >>but rather, whether XML itself
 > -- that is, text files conforming to XML 1.0 -- should be used as the
 > primary storage medium for large applications<<
 > 
 > Perhaps not the primary storage medium, but certainly as the backup medium.

Exactly -- XML is ideal as a backup medium because it is software- and 
system-independent.


All the best,


David

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