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To: Denise D who wrote (329)	8/12/1999 4:03:00 PM
From: WhatsUpWithThat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1252

We've been waiting for NR's for a long time, and doubtless y'all feel a letdown that the two recent ones aren't the barnburners we're always on edge for just around the corner. OTOH, these are good news: they indicate action - yup, they have a plan and are actually executing! - and they show how the company is building a base to turn Answers.com and their Web community into a real go-er. Enough to keep my faith... WUWT ps. In the interest of full disclosure, I had to sell my WEB holdings in my trading account because I need to liquidate it to move from ETrade (boo! hiss!) to Schwab, but I'm holding my RRSP shares and will be back in through my Schwab trading account, because I'm going to be there when this one pays off! I know, I know, why am I sharing all this? I guess because I don't want to appear to be talking one way and acting t'other. pps. Anyone wondering about recommendations re. on-line brokers, PM me for a straightforward, factual list of the problems I've "enjoyed" with ETrade/Versus.

To: Denise D who wrote (329)	8/12/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: Crazy Canuck	Respond to of 1252

>>I hear XML is 'the' new thing... I think CC came across some interesting information about XML, perhaps if I ask nicely he'll help us out in understanding the technology<< LOL - Denise, ask and ye shall receive . . . Well it looks like NSI is on their way and following their "RoadMap" closely. With this Press Release, I believe that their journey is well underway. From what I make of from this announcement, I believe that NSI has now greatly sped up their time to market. This agreement with WEBB:NASDAQ provides them access to their XML expertise. In my opinion, this expertise, combined with Web's business model and contacts could make for a very interesting future. By the way, after the PR came out, I went to look for more information on what XML is all about. I came across the following article, and I highlighted some key points. Unfortunately, I do not have a link to it. I found it in an old Business Week Magazine I had. Here are some of the more interesting excerpts from the June 14th, 1999 Business Week article entitled . . . A "Rosetta Stone" for the Web? The XML lingo could make it easier to find and use data. - . . . A powerful technology. - Called XML - . . . it's a new and clever way to tag electronic information with identifying codes - XML employs far more precise tags to define and format electronic information - . . . searches would be more accurate and almost instantaneous, and business partners could link operations without all the crashes and fat consulting fees E-business now entails. - "XML could turn the Web into one giant database" - . . . a Boston-based standards group called OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) - . . . efficient targeting, multiplied by billions of searches a year, would greatly ease the current strain on Web servers. - . . . the XML language is designed for flexibility. Groups with shared interests - from footwear to ice-cream manufacturing - can create their own dialects - The technology's greatest impact however, will be in E-Business. - While EDI works, it usually requires that partners link up over the same private network. - XML changes all that - Marie Wieck, director of XML at IBM's software group. "XML will do for data what Java does for applications." I highly recommend reading the full article. It answered many questions I had, and it provides me with a deeper understanding of NSI's published Roadmap. I see this as good news, and I look forward to more in the future. Crazy Canuk