Re: Customer feedback WAS Re: Database backend -- Was: Remarks on mail

[Rob Walker]

>>>>> On Thu, 11 May 2000 00:01:21 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

linas> If instead, you want to do XML, take e.g. the code

linas> Note by the way, that you've replaced 8 bytes with about 35
linas> bytes and so your files sizes will be 4x bigger than they are
linas> today.  gzip might help with this, at a cost of performance...

yes, the size _has_ grown immensely, but I have just gotten back a
_feeling of control_, which is one of my personal reasons for using
Free software.  I can now also use RCS on my files in a way I can read
(vs. rcs on binary files, which is confusing for me to read).

Also, I couldn't help but think of an "Personal Accounting ASP using
GNUCash", when I saw it writing XML with no problem.  I realize this
is about data files, and that would be UI output, but the thought me
just the same.

rob