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From: Stef@NRTC.NORTHROP.COM (Einar Stefferud)
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Subject: Fw: Re: Attribute Ordering
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Date: 14 Jul 89 20:23:12 GMT
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>The three people referenced had very strong views, and dominated the
>discussion.  However, I detected support for both views among the
>remainder.  Stef kept us off each others throats!

>As editor/author, I've chosen to go the way I want.  I'd appreciate comments
>on this.  Please read the text, and don't just base discussion on this
>message.

>I have a very strong feeling of deja vu here.  8 years ago, the UK and US
>picked opposite domain orders, each arguing "naturalness" as the reason for
>choice.  It doesn't really matter that much.  However, having a mixture is
>an absolute disaster.  I fear that we are about to relive our history.

Hi all ...  I want to be on record as supporting Steve's view on this
item.  In my role as throat-protector-of-the-day I must have conveyed a
more neutral postition than I actually hold.  I am against arbitrary
style based anarchy generators.  This is a case where allowing it to be
a local matter creates global network interworking problems.  

But, as Steve says, read the text bewfore you coment!  Best...\Stef