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RE: boundaries for the Web

From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
Date: 22 Mar 2002 10:25:55 -0500
To: www-tag@w3.org
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On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 09:05, Brown Mark R wrote:
>  I'm not sure I agree with Simon that there always has to be a person
> involved in a Web information transaction somewhere. That may be a
> "flesh-centric" bias that will seem quaint or even prejudiced in a couple of
> decades. :)

That's fine - I just proposed it as one "conservative" kind of
constraint.

>  However, I do believe there is another good reason to constrain the
> definition of the Web - complexity.  

Some people and organizations seem to thrive on complexity, but it has
real costs.

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Simon St.Laurent
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Received on Friday, 22 March 2002 09:20:56 UTC

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