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On 05 Aug 2001 11:46:49 -0400, Jonathan Borden wrote: > Of course the W3C and other organizations involved with XML such as OASIS do > have some academic ties, yet these organizations are hardly what I would > call primarily academic, rather trade consortia. Its a bunch of companies > who are suposedly responding to customer needs who have come up with the > family of XML specifications. Indeed when academics have been involved, it > seems that _generally_ less rather than more complexity is the result. I suspect Tom may not be using the word "academic" here to mean "university-affiliated teachers", but rather in a more general sense. Some folks refer to it as the "too damn smart" problem, where smart people assume that because they can make a solution work, other people can too. That would probably take the burden of his comments off the shoulders of those who: >see real respect given to clarity of speaking, teaching, writing >and action. Even/especially plain-text language can cause conflict...
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