Quoting andrew clarke on Sat 4 Jan 2003 22:39 to Jan Vermeulen:

 ac> Tue 2002-12-24 18:45, Jan Vermeulen (2:280/100) wrote to Scott
 ac> Little:

 >> XML is good for local, not for global wide use.

 ac> I don't know where you got that idea.

    I thought that in the context this would be a matter of course, but it
appears I was mistaken. I should have said:
"As_far_as_FidoNet_is_concerned, XML is good for local, not for global
wide use."

 ac> "XML was designed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to
 ac> streamline data exchange across the Internet.

    W3C is not all of the internet. XML may be fine as it is but there is
no single cure for all pains.

 ac> XML is ... &c

    Thank you for the explanation.


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