• From: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>
• To: xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:22:17 +1000

From: "Dave Winer" <dave@u...>


>  The key benefit was that they
> could migrate to new languages and environments slowly, not all at once, and
> could intermix components developed in different environments. Dave
 
I think this is a perceptive comment that also applies to XML (and SGML)
in general.  Many people use XML to *slow down* change, in the sense
that they are adding more life (and upping ROI) to old systems by tacking on 
service-based front-ends. Rather than replacing the whole system, they get 
a nicer facade.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

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