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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Having now done several rich internet applications I
discovered that form the practical point of view something like the </span></font><font
 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CSS</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> behavior as
proposed by Microsoft can help develop and implement most of the requirements
specified in your document about web applications. Here are the benefits:</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>a)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Custom controls can be implemented from HTML/XHTML
elements by adding new behavior to the element set.</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>b)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can be overloaded at run time or the component behavior
can exist outside the HTML/XHTML document.</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>c)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Clear separation of the structural declaration and
the imperative definition of behavior.</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>d)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Extensible</span></font></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>e)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>      
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Could lead to a business model if source code access
can be controlled. A new market of external widget makers can be created if
their asset can be protected. We saw such market happening with powerbuilder,
visual basicm etc…</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>f)<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>        
</span></font></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Clear separation of the visual structure from the
behavior.</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Didier PH Martin</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>

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