- From: Graham Klyne <GK@Ninebynine.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 12:00:49 +0000
- To: Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>
- Cc: "Marshall T. Rose" <mrose+mtr.netnews@dbc.mtview.ca.us>, Discuss Apps <discuss@apps.ietf.org>, Marshall Rose <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
At 11:13 AM 11/29/01 +0100, Brian E Carpenter wrote: >"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.) And not all *ML is hypertext. #g ------------ Graham Klyne GK@NineByNine.org
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