Microsoft's responce to XML.com article

[Didier PH Martin]

Hi Paul,

Probaly your mail system has a problem recognizing me :-)) or what I said,
but I did not said what you mail mention. Ann did so we should read

> At 12:00 AM 1/17/00 -0500, Ann Navaro wrote:

PS: Simon, its even worse, you would have to pay 15 000$ to be a member. Ann
what is your receipe to (a) pay only 5000$ or (b) get 15 000$ on shoe-string
budget?? I need some financial advises here, there is something I should
learn :-)

Cheers
Didier PH Martin
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> At 12:00 AM 1/17/00 -0500, Didier PH Martin wrote:
> >Again, I've managed our membership to the W3C starting on the most
> >shoe-string of budgets, so "it's too expensive" really rings hollow here.
> >You either commit to it, or you don't.
>
> For a lot of one-person shops, myself included, $5000/year amounts to a
> tithe (one part in ten) or much worse.  Perhaps if I felt a deep religious
> commitment to the Web, I'd be willing to contribute at this level, but
I've
> had a hard enough time finding the $250 for OASIS.

<http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining>
There are two classes of membership: Full and Affiliate. The annual fee for
Full Members
is $US 50,000. The annual fee for Affiliate Members is $US 5,000. There are
no differences
in Member benefits between the two classes of membership. All new Members
must commit to a
three-year initial term of membership. After that, membership renews
annually.
</http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/Joining>

I think it says that  3 * 5 =  $15.000.

Rgds.Paul.

PS. Ah, does not matter, does not matter ...
James Clark is still there.




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