Re: [xml-dev] Near and Far (Was RE: [xml-dev] A parentless elemen t that is not the document node - how?)

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John Cowan <>
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Re: [xml-dev] Near and Far (Was RE: [xml-dev] A parentless elemen t that is not the document node - how?)
Bullard, Claude L (Len) scripsit:

> So the value of The Bible, the works of Shakespeare, Lao Tzu, 
> and Hofstadter are zero unless we read them?

They aren't *code*.  I said code, and that's what I meant.
The best indication of this is the discontinued-software bin,
where old software is sold at about the media cost.  People aren't
willing to pay anything for software that's been end-of-lifed.

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