On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 06:21 -0700, Bryan Murdock wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...some argue that the > > Web would never have become so popular if it hadn't been so easy for > > people to create Web pages without to learn how to do it right. > > That last point of yours is exactly how the Web has proven Postel's Law > correct.
Has it though? At the same time, email became just as popular without making it easy for users to hand write envelopes. Correlation is not causation, as we all know. From the beginning, tools were created to make writing HTML easier. Was the ability to create Web pages with Notepad really so important? On the other hand, all we have to do is look at the consequences. Almost a decade later, we've still struggling to undo the damage. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
