XML (was: Re: [SLUG] Cancell My Visit To The WP Office 2000 Pres.)

[Rev Simon Rumble <simon@nospam.rumble.net>]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Michael Lake wrote:

> With the advent of XML there is the hope that in several years time
> proprietary binary formats will disappear and all comapnies/orgs etc can
> have their own WP formats in an XML markup

When the ecstasy wears off (smile) you might realise that it's just as
possible to write a proprietary XML format as it is a binary one.  Sure
there's more scope for reverse-engineering the format but there are plenty
of ways to obfuscate that...

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