Commenting on XML binary

In http://rixstep.com/1/20050324,00.html
you write lots of things I symapthize with, some I don't, and some 
complementary things for which thank you!  I appreciate the support for 
W3C.

You also you write:

> Tim Berners-Lee [...] sits today atop the World Wide Web Consortium 
> (w3c.org) and manages the web he and he alone created. And for the 
> most part he does a great job.
>
> But if he doesn't squash this binary XML monster before it grows too 
> big to kill, we'll all suffer.
>
> Write to Tim and tell him how strongly you oppose binary XML.


 From the emails I got, (about 6, and all of them polite and 
constructive) you seem to have put across a misunderstanding.

2. Because I am the titular Director of W3C, that doesn't mean I make 
all the decisions. W3C has a process by which consensus is achieved in 
the community.
The W3C and it runs by open debate. So ask people to participate yes 
but:

- Make sure you have read the existing debate. In this case see for 
example 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2005Mar/thread.html#71
and many other places

- First try to find and understand the arguments made against your 
point.

- Make sure you have something new to add.

- Do not be anonymous: you are responsible for you comments.

In W3C, clear argument is the currency, rather than numeric votes.

I'd be obliged if you could amend your web page in question to suggest 
that as a way to participate.

As for emailing me, if you email me without at least a CC to a public 
forum, I don't know that I may quote your question, so time spent 
replying to one person at a time is not so valuable, as I can't point 
others to it and it is not part of the open debate.

So just as you throw away things which are not plain text, I can't 
really use comments which are not sent to a public forum where I can 
quote them and share them, and where others can take up the decision.

Oh, and who are you?  Rick, I assume.   It is pretty well hidden on the 
Rixstep site, and bloatbusters.org I could not use for a number of 
reasons.

But in general, keep up the good work...

Tim

http://www.w3.org/People