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Re: [xml-dev] Generic XML Tag Closer </> (GXTC)

David Lyon <david.lyon@preisshare.net> writes:
> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 16:02 +1000, Rick Jelliffe wrote:
>> Any idiot can make up a better markup language than XML, and many idiots 
>> in fact do so.
>
> I think this is a very condescending statement about the people like
> David Megginson who put XML together. Saying that it only takes an idiot
> to do better. You obviously have no understanding of the skills,
> hardships, determination and sacrifices of any person who tries to
> advance the common knowledge.

Don't worry, Rick was there too:

   http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-sgml-wg/1996Sep/0116

   http://www.w3.org/Search/Mail/Public/advanced_search?keywords=rick+jelliffe&hdr-1-name=subject&hdr-1-query=&hdr-2-name=from&hdr-2-query=&hdr-3-name=message-id&hdr-3-query=&index-grp=Public__FULL&index-type=t&type-index=w3c-sgml-wg&resultsperpage=100&sortby=date

Regards,


Tony.


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