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Well, nobody actualy cut your foot off Len. SGML is still there if you care to use it.... just a large body of people decided to hop of in another direction. Not commenting on the broader issue of SGML and XML simply pointing out that *your* foot is still intact should you care to use it. Guy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...> To: "Simon "St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...> Cc: "Tom Bradford" <bradford@d...>; <Mike.Champion@S...>; <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: RE: participating communities (was XML Blueberry) > I cannot say otherwise, Simon. There are always those more > willing to amputate their foot than to lance a boil. > Of course, it helps if it is your foot and not someone > else's. > > Len > http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard > > Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. > Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon "St.Laurent [mailto:simonstl@s...] > > Recognize that most of the markup universe, even those of us who aren't > especially fond of the W3C, have no desire whatsoever to use SGML per > se. > > Creative destruction and simplification is a necessary process. We'll > go through this cycle again with XML at some point. I don't see anyone > seriously expecting to return to SGML, except for a few folks who > already know SGML well. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word > "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... >
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