- From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:40:29 -0400
- To: don@lexmark.com
- cc: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>, discuss@apps.ietf.org
> "An environment that is so > bandwidth constrained that base64 is an onerous amount of overhead > probably shouldn't be using either MIME or XML framing either - it should > probably be using some binary protocol that does framing, multiplexing, > and lossless data compression all at the same time (since they interact > with one another)." > > Tell me about it!!!!! But if it doesn't use XML it isn't kewl and therefore > is unacceptable! I proposed binary and was shot down immediately by the > "politically correct" XML! the folks who blindly recommend XML for everything are the ones who should be lined up and shot - perhaps not with lethal weapons (though it is tempting) but maybe with big darts that have "stupid" flags attached. (to warn everyone else of their presence) > "(however I'll confess I'm intrigued - under what conditions does a cell > phone need to send a complex document to a printer?" > > Imagine an address book with icons and background images within each > cell of an XHTML table. a cell phone that can maintain separate icons and background images for each element of an address book is sophisticated enough to multiplex traffic over a data stream. Keith
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