From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3e1162e60710301042n148a7ab1wc8ef0d113840cdbc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:42:42 -0700 From: "David Leimbach" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] ieee authentication standard In-Reply-To: <14d0a313e93a56fb06af41ca8052eea6@quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1452_28304321.1193766162751" References: <3e1162e60710300829g27b4d3f9s5107110772340c52@mail.gmail.com> <14d0a313e93a56fb06af41ca8052eea6@quanstro.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: e0c3f4d6-ead2-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_1452_28304321.1193766162751 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 10/30/07, erik quanstrom wrote: > > >> > >> I don't know how many of you see this stuff, but ... > >> > >> http://tinyurl.com/234l92 > >> > >> Our industry is into this "every little thing is different" mode it > seems. > >> > >> ron > >> > > > > If that were true... what's with XML everywhere? > > this isn't slashdot. you're supposed to read the article > before commenting. > > - erik > > I was rather commenting on the comment about the trend in the industry to "every little thing is different". Of course if something in the industry are all the same b/c of XML, and everything else is different, I suppose that holds. Reminds me of that scene in The Life of Brian where a mob says "Yes we are all different" then the lone voice says "I'm not" ------=_Part_1452_28304321.1193766162751 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 10/30/07, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
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>> I don't know how many of you see this stuff, but ...
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>> http://tinyurl.com/234l92
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>> Our industry is into this "every little thing is different" mode it seems.
>>
>> ron
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>
> If that were true... what's with XML everywhere?

this isn't slashdot.  you're supposed to read the article
before commenting.

- erik

I was rather commenting on the comment about the trend in the industry to "every little thing is different".

Of course if something in the industry are all the same b/c of XML, and everything else is different, I suppose that holds.

Reminds me of that scene in The Life of Brian  where a mob says "Yes we are all different" then the lone voice says "I'm not"
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