facts, conclusions, and exhortations re XML (short)

Thomas B. Passin tpassin at mitretek.org
Mon Nov 22 14:55:36 GMT 1999


Nice to hear from someone else who has read this little gem.  Amazingly
modern-sounding, wasn't it?

Tom Passin

From: Andy.Bradbury at syntegra.bt.co.uk <Andy.Bradbury at syntegra.bt.co.uk>
>Before WWI, E.M. Forster (Room with a View, A Passage to India, etc.)
wrote
>what seems to me to be a remarkably prophetic parable on the
cosequences of
>monopolistic technology run rampant, a short story called: The Machine
>Stops.
>I'd suggest that regardless of which particular conglomerate,
organisation
>or cartel has tried, is trying or will try to seize the reins, the
basic
>concepts within the story are something we need to be taking very
seriously
>*right now*.
>



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