Well, I got flammed a year ago today for accidentally
calling it "markup". So I would say -- septemberish 94
Last use of the word "markup" in my mail logs is =20
Wed, 31 Aug 94 11:44:31 BST in a note from Dave Ragget.
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> From: Adam Gruen <[email protected]>
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> Subject: Re: VRML M=3D Modeling or M=3D Markup?
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> It's "modeling".
> Changes like these can sometimes be pretty geadual and subtle,
> so that no one can provide an exact date.
> Uh...can anyone provide an exact date on the change over?
> Would it be the release for tme 1.0 specs?
> Please don't waste chunk o' bandwidth on the question, I'm
> just trying to get things right for tme chronology.
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