From: Seth Breidbart (sethb@panix.com)
Date: Mon May 05 2003 - 10:35:03 CDT
>> For the record -- given even *1* news program that assumes the space (let
>> alone one with the importance of INN), for whatever purpose, I see no reason
>> not to continue to be more restrictive in this matter.
>
> The "for whatever purpose" is what is objectionable. If it boils down to
> "that's the way it was in the 1980s", that's not by itself sufficient
> purpose today.
I don't care about how it _was_. I care about the software running
_today_. I also don't particularly care _why_ the software does what
it does, whether that's for historical, technical, or religious
reasons. If software in common use today, and very likely in use next
year and the years after, has some requirement, that's a good reason
for catering to that requirement.
I also see no interoperability reason, indeed no reason other than
"philosophically, it's nicer" to not require the space.
Seth