RE: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language)

["Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>]

The common Office Tools could be done as XML applications based on
schemas and XSL. I presently use Adobe FrameMaker for all of my serious
writing and our office still uses Lotus Improv. Improv, which started
with NextStep and migrated to Windows was killed by Lotus. It has the
great advantage of being able to rename the rows and columns with unique
names. Therefore, the formulas are human readable. FrameMaker has the
great advantage that it lacks Word's artificial stupidity and thus,
maintains its paragraph definitions. Parenthetically, the spreadsheet
should serve as the tables in the wordprocessor. 
Bob Leif

-----Original Message-----
From: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org
[mailto:comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org] On Behalf Of Marin David Condic
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 6:00 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired
OS/Language)

Proividing a superior level of security management is another area that
could greatly differentiate AdaOS from other systems. This would help
create
a niche in which it could gain acceptance and gradually find
applications
getting ported to it. That overcomes a lot because its obvious that any
new
OS has to play "Catch Up" with the others in terms of getting apps
ported to
it. Here, you'd be able to say "Well, maybe we don't have the latest
version
of Space Invaders or Auto-CAD running on AdaOS, but we've got at least
the
common Office tools and if you need security around your documents, this
is
the way to go..."

MDC
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Nick Roberts <nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3d822b59.1088140942@news.cis.dfn.de...
>
> And I say 'organisation', because I could be talking about a DoD
> department, or I could just as easily be talking about Lockheed Martin
> (Skunkworks) or some other corporation. Consider the banks and other
> financial institutions; isn't it vital that their data is protected?
Then
> consider medical records. Passport, national insurance, and
immigration
> records. Police and court records. The list goes on and on. Their data
> security is vital.
>