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HTML not so evil (was Re: Eudora Replacement)



On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:14:15 -0400, Justin S. Peavey
<jpeavey+blu at peaveynet.com> wrote:
> Whoa there.  The fundamentals of HTML were first put out forth back in
> the '40s by Vannevar Bush (an Everett resident BTW) as a means allowing
> cross-references between documents.  

Great. Send me multiple documents in one email and you can use HTML to
refer to them all you like.

> This can allow some very powerful features that text alone just can do.

How about attachments? When I need to send structured text, I use a
format capable of structuring it.

> You know, the invention of the car caused nothing but headaches for a
> the horse/buggy drivers with it's noise, need for paved roads, new
> infrastructure like gas stations, etc.  But we got over it.

Oh zing. You got me there. </sarcasm>

HTML email == fins on cars.

Gordon
sorry to be so ornery, I haven't had my coffee yet.
-- 
Gordon Marx
gcmarx at alumni.virginia.edu




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