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>At least we have XML FWIW. And, we have the ASN.1 defined encoding rules that are completely interchangeable with XML. This means that we can offer interchange that is both easy for humans to read and debug (XML) and compact, fast to parse, etc. (ASN.1 defined encodings) without loss of interoperability. Let Microsoft rely only on textual-encodings. They will get the benefits of XML and XML-like syntaxes (ease of use) but will also pay the price (bulk). Let the rest of us build a more flexible and adaptive architecture that frees us from dependence on on-the-wire encoding formats while offering the optimal mix of ease-of-use and interoperabilty without compromising on compactness and speed of parsing. ASN.1 + XML offers the best of both worlds. Microsoft only offers one world -- their world... bob wyman
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