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Posted by Bear Bottoms on 08/11/07 02:05
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:56:48 -0500, Sherm Pendley <spamtrap@dot-app.org>
wrote:
> "Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> writes:
>
>> A validator is a computer program used to check the validity or
>> syntactical correctness of a fragment of code or document.
>
> Most technical fields have terms that have more specific meaning in that
> field than in general usage. SGML & XML authoring is one such field, and
> validator is such a term.
>
> It is Albert's insistence on the generic use of the term in a field where
> it has a more precise meaning that is the problem here. He knows the
> diff-
> erence - it's been explained to him many times - and that means that he's
> deliberately trying to mislead potential customers into thinking his
> product
> is something that it's not.
>
>> CSE does a better
>> job. W3C gives my webpage a perfect green light, whereas CSE is
>> showing me several lines of syntax that can be corrected and one
>> error.
>
> Whether or not it's useful is irrelevant. The problem is that he's lying
> about what it does, when he claims that it's a validator, and he's doing
> so deliberately in an attempt to mislead potential customers. A
> motorcycle
> is a perfectly good means of transportation - but that doesn't change the
> fact that you'd be lying if you called it a truck.
>
> If this product were honestly labeled, I would have bought it. But I will
> not give my money to someone whose advertising is fraudulent.
>
> sherm--
>
Well when I think of validating the code on my website, as an end-user I
think of er, validating the code on my webpage. I was not mislead by such
as you describe and if W3C is a Validator and CSE is not, then I need CSE
to do what more it can do for me than W3C.
--
Bear Bottoms
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