hmm, maybe the move towards (increasing) textual representation is a
function of increasing processing power, related to the move towards
interpreted languages, related to the move towards distributed
resources.

What binds them, that they are more efficient when the need for
processing speed is no longer the bottleneck?

I realize the above is a very strongly worded, impossibly broad
statement based not on hard data but on a feeling.

Cheers,
Bryan Rasmussen

On 6/11/07, Stephen Green <stephengreenubl@g...> wrote:
> A key area to watch may be whether and how XML might make inroads into
> the electronic paper domain - such as XPS, PDF and an XML mechanism to
> update such electronic paper - UOML. The tradition to make electronic paper
> a binary format, uneditable/unreadable by text-based editors could perhaps be
> at a turning point. This could put the whole issue right into the eyes of a huge
> business and developer audience. Will everyone stick with binary for this or
> accept some compromises towards text-like XML? Or will the world stick at
> binary format based on XML? Or keep to binary with updating by something
> in XML text just as SQL text updates a binary database? Is this a test case
> in the making? Interesting to watch what is happening with PDF, XPS and
> UOML and compare it to the history and perhaps the future of databases.
>
> Best Regards
>
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