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   RE: [xml-dev] What is XAML? A technique? A language? Both? XML# o r XML+

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Hello,

> If it is an HTML alternative, why is that a problem?

  It's not a problem. The problem is that Microsoft
denies that XAML is an HTML alternative when it
clearly is.
 
> The fact of XML means alternatives are possible and 
> even desirable to other languages.  That is
> evolution. 
> For every language I can think of, there are
> alternatives.
>  
> Why should everyone buy into the HTML monoculture?

  Again the issues is that Microsoft tries to deny the
fact that XAML is not just a new way to wire up .NET
objects but clearly is also an alternative to HTML,
SVG, XSL-FO, and so on.

   - Gerald

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