• To: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Subject: Re: Re: Where does the "nothing left but toolkits" mythcome from?
• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 09:20:30 -0500
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Robin Berjon wrote:

> But who cares about technical issues or wireless devices, it's not like 
> there are that many. I guess I must be trying to render utter 
> destruction and desolation onto the XML world again with my evil 
> hand-waving super-powers, BWA HA HA HA HA!

Not all solutions are appropriate for all problem spaces. XML solves 
some problems, not all. If you break XML when trying to fit it into a 
small device it was never intended for, me and all the other people who 
use XML very productively on the desktop and server are going to be very 
[expletive deleted] off.

-- 
Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
XML in a Nutshell 3rd Edition Just Published!
http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian3/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596007647/cafeaulaitA/ref=nosim

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