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It's
ok, Andrew. One does need at least a
year
on this list to discover its range of interacting
topics
despite the appearance of bodenlosigkeit. (Thanks
Rob).
Open
source and markup technologies have
a very
long familial relationship. At one time, the
very
openness of markup made it a tough sell
so
some had to lower the risks and the costs (see XML).
It
took a developer community to make that happen.
Now
there is a legal issue, but we can hammer it
down
to where it lives, and in this case, the process
of
developing the code and the price of insurance
intersect. Good. At least we understand that and
can
respond sensibly when the lawyers hit our
cubes
with questions. Yes, this is a developer
list,
but others hang out here too. Frequently,
members of this list write and publish non-technical
articles on topics thrashed out here because we
learned that technology is never free of other
dimensions of society and business.
As for
me, after so many long years of being
on
stage in nightclubs, my feelings are pretty well
insulated from directed offenses. Never give it
up to
a heckler. Pump up the volume. :-)
len
Does anyone have some advice for
me
Jay,
Gratuitous insults directed at
long-standing XML-Dev members won't enhance your chances of getting list
members to spend time answering your substantive question.
Andrew
Watt
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