• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Subject: Re: The Rising Sun: How XML Binary Restored the Fortunes of Innovators
• From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:59:30 -0400
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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Also, some customers demand 
> a binary.  They don't expose their content to inspection.  Yes, it 
> can be cracked; no, they don't care. 

I see no reason the W3C should cater to such stupidity. I thought this 
one was too obvious to state, but I guess I'll have to add "security" to 
the list of features falsely attributed to binary formats by the 
faithful without reason or evidence.

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Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
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