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• Subject: Re: Reject then reinvent..?
• From: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>
• Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:04:41 +1000
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Danny Ayers wrote:

>I was wondering if there were any other cases around where a spec
>avoided using something like RDF on religious grounds, then later
>crept back in exactly that direction. (Or if anyone knows whatever
>happened to WinFS...)
>  
>
Surely Danny means "I was wondering if there were any other cases around 
where a spec

added specific elements over time as the pressure|demand for them become
unstoppable, rather than buying into YALA (Yet Another Layer of Abstraction)." 

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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