Re: [xml-dev] Parsing XML with anything but

Hi Simon,

I just read your opinion piece and have commented, relating it to the issue of managing risk, with a link to another opinion piece:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/13/microsofts-excel-might-be-the-most-dangerous-software-on-the-planet/

I am intereted in your thoughts on this issue,� a case of 'enough knowledge to be dangerous' maybe? Which I think is what Gareth expressed well enough, we are not all 'professional' journalists.

Steve Cameron

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com> wrote:

On 12/11/13 10:15 PM, Ihe Onwuka wrote:

Yes I know that sounds like lecturing and paternalistic sanctimony.

We agree completely on that, though I suspect I'm more concerned specifically about the tone ("sounds like") of the conversation.

For a more detailed telling of what I'm up to, using part of this conversation as an example of the problems this causes, see:

<http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/12/bringing-programming-out-of-its-temples.html>

This conversation, after it wandered from your original question, was one small piece of that, but wow did it fit painfully well.

Thanks,
--
Simon St.Laurent
http://simonstl.com/

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