- From: Waleed Nema <wNema@NemaCorp.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:54:34 -0400
- To: "'Luz, Antonio'" <ALuz@StudentInsurance.net>, "'Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer'" <schnitz@mozquito.com>, <www-forms@w3.org>
- Cc: "'Roberto Torres'" <rob_torres29@hotmail.com>
This is what makes us a great nation. I'm proud of you all and proud to be an American. May God bless and protect us all. -----Original Message----- From: www-forms-request@w3.org [mailto:www-forms-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Luz, Antonio Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:55 AM To: 'Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer'; www-forms@w3.org Cc: Roberto Torres Subject: RE: Forms Share Feelings (was: RE: Life must go on...) Sebastian, Roberto and all: This is wonderful teamwork again XML teamspirit is beyond words and description.. God bless all of you. Amen. Tony Antonio Luz UCI - SID ALuz@StudentInsurance.net 800-767-0700 ext.6613 Fax 800-506-9278 > -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:53 AM > To: www-forms@w3.org > Cc: Roberto Torres > Subject: Forms Share Feelings (was: RE: Life must go on...) > > Roberto, all, > > well said. I have created an XForm, perhaps > the first true XForms application, which > for the first time submits and saves the XML > back on the server. I have now created an > interactive message board for us all to share > our feelings. Since our feelings are saved in > XML and no proprietary format, we can be sure > that future generations can still access the > data and understand and learn from the tradegy > we experience today. > > This step in technology is an improvement to > chain emails that simply drive the internet down > and get lost at some time in the future. It should > fulfill us all with deep satisfaction that this > can be done now after several years of hard work. > > The XForm lies at: > http://solutions.mozquito.com/forms/share/feelings.xhtml > > The XML where our messages, thoughts and feelings > for the future are kept is at: > http://solutions.mozquito.com/forms/share/feelings.xml > > With the public FTP access you can get to the > source of the XHTML file under the /share > directory. Please use this message board or > create your own XML message board(s). Feel free to > distribute the knowledge of creating such XML > message boards to anyone in the entire world who > needs it. > > To use the public FTP server the access is: > host name: solutions.mozquito.com > username: forms > password: www > www access: http://solutions.mozquito.com/www-forms/ > > Roberto Torres had it right when he said: > "We can keep the truth from being shut out." > > In service to the free world, > > - Sebastian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roberto Torres [mailto:rob_torres29@hotmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 6:35 PM > > To: Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer; www-forms@w3.org > > Subject: Re: Life must go on... > > > > > > To All, > > > > > > > > Normally I don't talk much on this forum, > > I prefer to > > watch, listen, learn from a dark corner somewhere:), but in > > this case I have > > to say something. Sebastian is right, at this most critical > > of times our > > country,USA (for those of you who are Americans like me) > > needs us to be > > there. To continue building and strengthening the WWW. The > > world needs us to > > be there for the same reasons. Why? Because we can keep the flow of > > information going. We can keep the truth from being shut out. > > Am I putting > > too much importance on our roles in life? No. As always, we > > the technically > > gifted have been put to the back of our societies' minds. An > > after thought, > > if you will, under appreciated and underpaid, yet we continue > > to do what we > > do, not for gains materially, but for ourselves. In the > > process we have > > become the very guardians of the net, of the thousands of > > corporate and > > private networks all over the world. We are our own society, > > and our own > > state. We are the community of the net and we are global. > > That said, this > > event hurt us as well. We lost many guardians in that act of > > cowardice, many > > talented and knowledgeable fellow geeks who were or are still > > trapped in > > those towers. So like everyone else we have felt the loss. > > > > We must rise to the occasion and continue our > > duties, to > > show these cowards that not only are we still alive and > > thriving, but that > > we are also the worst enemy they could have made. We who > > distribute truth, > > we who manage and maintain information. We who program and > > develop software > > that will not forget these tragedies. Do I feel strongly > > about this? Yes I > > do, and I have been tempted to, for the first time ever, to > > cross a line > > that I have protected for a long time. To raid their systems and cause > > chaos, but that will not crush them, nor will it stop them. > > It will only > > cause them to find more low tech ways of doing their crimes. > > Instead I chose > > to fight the only way I know how, I shall distribute truth, > > information, and > > I shall do my most humble of parts, to ensure that the WWW > > continues to grow > > and grow until there is nowhere these people can hide. > > > > My Rant, sorry for the book. > > RDT > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer" <schnitz@mozquito.com> > > To: <www-forms@w3.org> > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 6:04 AM > > Subject: Life must go on... > > > > > > > Dear Friends and fellow Humans, > > > > > > the recent events make it hard to continue our > > > daily businesses. After many moments of sadness > > > shock, anger and hatred, we must realize that the > > > discontinuation of our efforts towards creating an > > > open, liberal and unselfish world would give those > > > cowards exactly what they wanted. > > > > > > The W3C is a manifestation of the world those > > > cowards wanted to destroy. The W3C is an > > > international forum where the entire IT industry > > > meets to collectively work together to improve > > > the state of the world for all of us. The mission > > > and spirit Tim Berners-Lee gave to all of us, to > > > lead the Web to its full potential, never has been > > > more true and important than today. The Web and XML > > > are the products of this spirit, a manifestation of > > > these core values of liberty and freedom melted into > > > software. > > > > > > What the World Trade Center is for international > > > trade and commerce, the W3C is for the IT industry, > > > fueling international trade and commerce. > > > > > > That is why we must continue to build the XML > > > cathedral. It is our responsibility to create the > > > technical infrastructure, the wiring and plumbing > > > of a globalized, liberal and peaceful world. The > > > world needs us, now more than ever. This gives us > > > the strength to continue our mission and to lead > > > the World Wide Web to its full potential. > > > > > > God bless you, > > > > > > Sebastian Schnitzenbaumer > > > > > > > >
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