Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!sce!cognos!richardb From: richardb@cognos.UUCP (Richard Brosseau) Newsgroups: comp.mail.multi-media Subject: Re: Multi-media mail standards; Forw: Use of ODA in the Internet Message-ID: <8652@cognos.UUCP> Date: 2 Aug 90 18:42:52 GMT References: <1242.649050446@nma.com> Reply-To: richardb@cognos.UUCP (Richard Brosseau) Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada Lines: 35 In article enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) writes: +I would be pleased if the references to SGML and ISO were done +properly. + +SGML is not "Standardised Generalised Mark-up Language", but "Standard +Generalized Markup Language", at least according the copy I have. + +It also says ISO is the International Organization for Standardization +not "International Standards Organisation". + +Personal opinion: +I hope that we will never see application-level binary interchange +formats on the Internet. Editability with a variety of tools, not +just some random and closed-minded specific application tool is a must +for soi disant "open systems". They are closed if they are not user +extensible. They are closed if they depend on a particular version of +a particular protocol specification. They are closed if users cannot +understand them. We are again moving towards the "white robes" of +super-technicians who have the questionable skill to decode a broken +ODA bit stream. "Open" to me also means I can look inside. + +Well, I won't go rambling on about this. SARCASTIC MODE ON So we should all stick to ADM-5 terminals and use ASCII, eh? SARCASTIC MODE OFF +-- +[Erik Naggum] Gaustadalleen 21 +47-256-7822 + N-0371 OSLO; NORWAY +47-260-4427 (fax) -- Richard Brosseau Cognos Inc. UUCP: uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!richardb