On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 03:36, Denis Boudreau [ CYBERcodeur.net ] wrote: > Again, why should an author want to understand ? I don't need to > understand how a phone works to use it like a pro. IMHO, in these comparisons, one should pay attention to the concepts of "author" and "user". It's not quite fair to compare "using" a car or a phone to "authoring" a *ML document. I'm not convinced that comparing *ML to them is very useful in the first place, but that's irrelevant here. The average "user" of your documents would be someone browsing the web and reading them. Likewise, the "author" a car or a phone would be the manufacturer. If your car or phone wouldn't be built according to standards or be interoperable (think gas stations, GSM networks, safety standards etc), I bet you wouldn't find that generally acceptable. -- \/ille Skyttä ville.skytta at iki.fiReceived on Tuesday, 27 May 2003 03:42:10 GMT
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