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Re: DocBook 4.0 - SGML or XML?
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- Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: DocBook 4.0 - SGML or XML?
- From: "Eve L. Maler" <Eve dot Maler at east dot sun dot com>
- Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 14:03:53 -0400
- References: <"Eve L. Maler"'s message of "Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:34:43 -0400"><Bob Stayton's message of "Sun, 28 May 2000 1:40:07 PDT"><10005280140.aa23455@mammoth.sco.com><4.3.1.2.20000601093212.00c4dae0@abnaki.East.Sun.Com>
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At 07:32 PM 6/1/00 +0200, Karl Eichwalder wrote:
>Yes, I know, XML is about tools ;-) "To make it easier to write
>parsers etc."
>
>Most free XML tools aren't mature enough and/or they are hard to
>install. Most free and not free XML tools require java -- some of us
>don't like java at all...
Sure, but there are tons of commercial implementations, and implementations
in C++ etc., and automatic support is built into a lot of commercial
products. Of course, the decision is still up to you.
Eve
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