On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Sam Johnston <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:samj@samj.net">samj@samj.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 5/8/09, Benjamin Black &lt;<a href="mailto:b@b3k.us">b@b3k.us</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; I am confused about this voting without further basis.  Good design is not a<br>
&gt; democracy.<br>
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</div>This is something we certainly can agree on... in fact &quot;democracy&quot;<br>
tends to play a large role in the worst of specifications.</blockquote><div><br>Absolutely!  One need only look at XML, SOAP, WS-*, and company for outstanding examples of that effect in action.<br><br><br>Ben <br></div>
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