[AccessD] XML

Shamil,

 > Mentioning KGB here talking to me is not polite - it's like mentioning somebody's nationality 
which differ from the majority of audience or something like that - that's called "everyday racism", 
you know.

I certainly did not intend to offend or insult.  The KGB had a reputation like the CIA only much 
much more so.  The Russia under which the KGB existed had a reputation for secrecy and isolationism 
that fit what I was trying to portray, which was intended to be humorous from start to finish.

To portray a meeting under a mountain in the US protected by the CIA would have not had anywhere 
near the implied security (perhaps even humorous) because anybody from any nation could sit in a 
tree and watch the comings and goings.

I guess I thought you would understand my intention as entirely humorous.  The KGB was a monster, 
although given what the CIA has done in the last few years it is hard to argue that they are not a 
monster as well.  Because of the "freedoms" in the US it is difficult to paint a picture of security 
anywhere close to "under a mountain in Russia protected by the KGB".

You are my friend Shamil, I would never intentionally insult you.  I think the US and much of the 
world now view what remains of Russia as a friendly nation, and I think we all understand that 
governments make policy that their people do not necessarily approve of.  I used to be Republican, 
until the last Bush administration.

At any rate, I truly did not understand how sensitive such a portrayal would be to you.

My sincerest apologies.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
> Salakhetdinov
> Sent: 03 September 2009 20:32
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] XML
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> The Open Document Format is not MS invention -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument .
> 
> We're not talking about storing XML data here we're talking about processing
> it.
> 
> The fact is that using XML to process and exchange *documents* is a way more
> effective than using relational databases.
> 
> Exporting relational data into XML format is not for "man's readability" but
> to unify information exchange and processing...
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Shamil
> 
> P.S. Forget spy movies - they are in the past.
> It's Internet time now. (BTW, it was 40 years of first ARPANET connection
> yesterday.)
> Mentioning KGB here talking to me is not polite - it's like mentioning
> somebody's nationality which differ from the majority of audience or
> something like that - that's called "everyday racism", you know.
> BTW, KGB is dead and their successor organization is called FSB (or in
> English FSS - Federal Security Service.)
> 
> P.P.S. FYI, here in St.Petersburg, Russia, they (GM) started production of
> Chevrolet Cruz today, and this production is supported by Russian state,
> which provides very attractive credits to the Russian citizens who will buy
> this car - now say that KGB(FSS) is not interested nowadays in your country
> economy as quick as possible getting out of economical crisis... Several
> other GM's Chevrolet models are the most popular cars here for ordinary
> people to purchase - and you can see them a lot here nowadays, as well as
> several models of Ford cars, which are in production here for several
> years...
> 
> P.P.P.S. I've written several times here that nowadays Russian officials and
> nowadays Russian politics are not what I wanted for my country but I belong
> to a minority of population of this country who share democratic values
> similar to your country ones - please do not mention KGB (FSS) when talking
> to Russians, especially when you' re here - you risk to be ignored by
> educated people and to be heavily beaten by less educated who hate KGB and
> any mentioning of it as of being "part of true Russian character" can drive
> them really crazy. KGB(FSS) is a part of communism monster, and communism
> monster was seeded here from the West Europe. And it happened that the time
> it was seeded here this country wasn't strong enough to resist - the price
> for that temporary weakness was too high as we all know: best people of this
> nation was killed, the rest was cheated by communistic leaders etc. - it's
> not easy to get out of that "dark ages" but life is changing here to the
> better, slowly for my life time but it does change to the better. Forget
> KGB.