SGML: Memory of Yuri Rubinsky (1952-1996)

SGML: Memory of Yuri Rubinsky (1952-1996)






html-wg-95q4: Re: Yuri Rubinsky's Death
Re: Yuri Rubinsky's Death
Peter Flynn (pflynn@curia.ucc.ie)

Glenn wrote:
> I don't know how many of you knew Yuri, but his work on and
> evangelizing of SGML has always been an inspiration to the industry
> and to those who knew him. The success of HTML owes a significant
> debt to the vision he brought to the realm of SGML and its enabling
> technology.
I shall always remember his comment to me when I mentioned HTML in a
presentation to the SGML conference in 1990 (a time when there wasn't
even a parseable DTD). He just said, "Hey, imagine if this took off -
we could have the whole world using SGML in a few years."
///Peter