Frank,
In other words, the Server writer would rather not have to do the extra
work. They'll leave all the work up to us.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Craig R. McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Comments on 2.2 Public Review Draft
> Frank Carver wrote:
>
> >
> > I strongly agree. As I tried to point out in my comments, adding a new
> > "file type"
> > to a system is a bad thing. It means that work may have to be done on
every
> > client system (millions) and many server systems to do some or all of
the
> > following:
> >
>
> Client apps that care about this new file format are going to be very
limited
> in number. Servers need to know what the file contains (the reason that a
new
> extension is really a Good Thing), as do development tools that are used
to
> create them and manipulate them. For any other "client", the file format
used
> to deploy a web app is totally transparent.
>
> Craig McClanahan
>
>
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