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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Also, some customers demand
> a binary. They don't expose their content to inspection. Yes, it
> can be cracked; no, they don't care.
I see no reason the W3C should cater to such stupidity. I thought this
one was too obvious to state, but I guess I'll have to add "security" to
the list of features falsely attributed to binary formats by the
faithful without reason or evidence.
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