- From: Andrew Layman <andrewl@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 18:48:06 -0700
- To: "'altheim'" <altheim@mehitabel.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Cc: "'w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org'" <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
You were wondering who I meant by "customers." I mean all the various potential users mentioned on http://www.packet.com/packet/97/20/index2a.html. I mean largely the groups such as the digital signatures initiative, the PICS labels people and the OCLC folks. I don't know what you mean by "technical merit." To me, it means applying technology to serve people's needs. Part of accessing technical merit to me is to talk to potential customers of a technology and ask them what they hope to do with it. As John, Tim and others have observed, we have a lot of issues in front of us. Narrowing the focus to those features we have immediate need for is simple economy. If you have some customers whose priorities conflict with those I mentioned, please let us know who they are and what needs we are overlooking. --Andrew Layman AndrewL@microsoft.com
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