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RE: [xml-dev] Microsoft's deeply cynical appealto"standards comp liance"





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken North [mailto:ken_north@compuserve.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 7:41 PM
> To: XML-DEV
> Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Microsoft's deeply cynical appeal to"standards
> compliance"
> 
 
> Isn't MSN supposed to be part an integral part of Microsoft's 
> plans for Hailstorm and Web services? If so, one would expect there's a 
> better revenue model from inclusion instead of exclusion.

I'm inclined to agree with Joshua Allen:  this was probably nerd-level
decision by someone who doesn't see the big picture, and who is about to get
straightened out by the Powers that Be.