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To: Eric L who wrote (23911)	4/30/2000 11:41:00 AM
From: chaz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

Eric L. I think you've just helped me make two decisions. 1) No money for PHCM 2) Go ahead and buy MSFT That was a rich post to my WAP question, and for any who are wondering the same, very worth while. Thanks for the considerable effort you put into it. Chaz

To: Eric L who wrote (23911)	4/30/2000 2:21:00 PM
From: voop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

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To: Eric L who wrote (23911)	5/1/2000 3:48:00 PM
From: Dinesh	Respond to of 54805

Eric XML is a very different kind of animal compared to HMTL and WML. For one, XML does not concern itself with presentation issues, the key aspects of HTML and WML. Some portals start out with XML and then branch into HTML or WML, depending on the browser type. As XML and XSL get plugged into browsers, this will get simpler. WML will be the only thing sticking out then. I hope it gets fixed as it will reduce costs and the time to market. WAP is a short term bandwidth fix. The correct answer is to increase the bandwidth (Dr J's angle) and that is what will happen IMO. In any event, bandwidth is hogged most not by text but by graphics - WAP doesn't help there. The amount of text being compressed is anyway tiny. I can cite two examples - the Y2K problem, and the 640K limits ::-) I guess it's a religion thing at the moment. For WAP/WML its a survival question so I'd expect their messages to get louder and more frequent <ggg> Regards Dinesh