RE: XML Gave A War, But Nobody Came

["Greg Anderson" <evilgreg@home.com>]

I agree with that decision.  While common industry standards can be useful,
I believe that setting a global standard is too restrictive and, in fact,
goes against the purpose of XML as a metalanguage.

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XML Gave A War, But Nobody Came (May 29, 2000)
http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?INW20000529S0046

   Asked if they cared about which XML version will win, [nine
   e-commerce executives at top Internet exchanges and e-businesses]
   all shook their heads. They will fight to set standards for the
   structure of XML documents in their respective industries, they
   said, but not about setting a common, global standard for the
   language.

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