- From: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:13:35 +0100
- To: "Marshall T. Rose" <mrose+mtr.netnews@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
- Cc: Discuss Apps <discuss@apps.ietf.org>, Marshall Rose <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
"Marshall T. Rose" wrote: > > > Exactly. We can all agree on this. So given that fact, and the fact that > > people do want to reliably transfer hypertext across unreliable, > > non-transparent and intermittently connected networks, what should we do? > > err, isn't limiting your goals to hypertext a bit like the tail wagging the > dog? Yes. I was making a point about the HTTP acronym, but you are of course correct. (Nevertheless a lot of people do want to transfer lumps of *ML in practice.) Brian
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