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Weblog:   Macromedia reinvents the Web
Subject:   what I'd like is
Date:   2002-03-20 14:17:01
From:   bmoser
Response to: what I'd like is

I truly have a hard time taking these comments seriously. First of all SVG is far from a Standardized format, coverting to a non-standard format is no different than using a proprietary format; any numbers other than 0 and 1 are not rational!

"take XML seriously" hmmm let us think about this....XML is a flat tag based file. No, hopefully Macromedia does not take XML seriously and leaves it implemented just as it is: a text file that needs parsed; for that is what it is!
Let us take database connectivity seriously! Macromedia needing to take XML seriously, is like saying that the JPG format must now include a XML socket. Only because Macromedia has provided you with a product that allows you to combine socket based communication and animated vector graphics do you even have anything to complain about.


"building tools that work with the Web as we know it - markup" Yeah and while you are at it, why not COBOL to parse your text based flat file world. How incredibly short sighted and ungrasping of computer science in general are you? You are actually publicly promoting tagged based languages. Pick up one of the books you publish.....