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Re: Working toward unity on XML

2004-06-19 14:52:53

On 6/15/04 10:14 PM, Greg Connor sent forth electrons to convey:



I made the following comment during the jabber session yesterday, when it seemed we were moving further and further away from an agreement on XML:

gconnor: ...I don't want this issue, which I consider "not really central to
the problem we are trying to solve" to tear the group apart



What I would really prefer to see is a few paragraphs that say:
 1. What position you support

Postion 2: no XML

 2. What other fallback or compromise positions you can live with, and

CSV+NBB+SPF records replacing HNA. ( ~= 40% solution)
Position 1: XML only

 3. How strongly you feel about one or the other.

I feel strongly that we need to KISS. Hence 3&4 are even worse than 1, all of which I oppose strongly.

We need to stick to DNS over UDP. Otherwise we will end up with a cure that is worse than the disease. Others have detailed the resource and interoperability impact.


If you respond supporting one extreme, and don't state a compromise position that you can live with (either 3 or 4 or something else I haven't spelled out), then you might want to add a footnote saying why you believe this issue is enough of a dealbreaker that you are not willing to compromise, and why you are willing to let MARID fail rather than give in on the issue.

I'm not comfortable compromising because I have a real concern that with 1, MARID is more likely to fail.


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