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To: mozek who wrote (52419)	10/30/2000 1:17:01 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 74651

Whatever happened to RTF? <g> Charles Tutt (TM)

To: mozek who wrote (52419)	10/30/2000 7:04:16 PM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Mozek - you're letting out a lot of words, but nothing to be used. There is no problem in having programs exchange data, retrieve data across TCP or HTTP connections, storing data in files etc. What does XML add? A data model that is so flexible, that an XML file itself is not descriptive enough for automation. You need the manual for this specific XML format before you can read the XML file properly. Good idea? Guess not. I laughed when you called it Pixie dust: I would say, that you sprinkle XML on an application, and suddenly nobody understands what your point is and what to do with it, but it sounds good. In reality, nothing new happened. And the worst part of XML is: Unlike the competing and easier file formats, you cannot append data to an XML file (because it needs a start tag AND an end tag). The XML file has to be generated in one part and should be read in one part. Maybe it's some kind of blob-field extension for databases, just like the tables-in-tables stuff that came with Oracle 8? XML is like RAMBUS: Smart, but not better, only more expensive. I still haven't heard a single example of XML improving anything, that couldn't have been improved in much better ways without XML.