[ale] Microsoft .net project

[Chris Ricker]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, B. Keith Murphy wrote:

> But, all that said, it is a good idea. And yes, Unix has done this type
> of thing for years, but is anyone interested in putting together a open
> source project based on XML very similar in nature to what M$ is
> attempting to do??

<snip>

> I HATE not having a central location for bookmarks for one thing!! Any
> takers?? Anyone interested in doing it??

mod_roam

;-)

Seriously, Unix is already there for things like bookmarks, address books,
etc.  (via mod_roam, LDAP, etc.).

Where Unix doesn't do this is in the files for end-user desktop applications
(ignoring NFS and such, as that's really a different concept).  Part of that
is just because Unix doesn't have end-user desktop apps.  However, the other
problem is that Microsoft can do this because they make the OS and the apps.  
Microsoft Office is moving to XML-based formatting for .doc files and
such to operate with the .net stuff....

later,
chris

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Chris Ricker                                               kaboom at gatech.edu
                                              chris.ricker at genetics.utah.edu

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