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Yes. There is a reason for lists such as XML-Dev and a reason that authorities of various ilks keep ears here. There is sufficient talent, skill, knowledge and motivation among the individuals who inhabit this ecospace to drill down to the bottom of almost any XML design issue presented here. That makes this a pretty good place to sound out ideas, get a rough vetting of a design, and so on. This is where tinkerers come for a live audience. The question now with regards to open web and other systems development is whether or not any proposal can reach escape velocity with the numbers of forces assembled to pull it back to the ground. It is the question of satisfying all the people all of the time. The MS officer's complaint that web sites aren't picking up on web services might be met by an explanation that cites just how many parts of the web are now in motion (stay drafts for a very long time) and have conflicting solutions (see schemas). This makes it easy to look at any next generation web thingie and say, "Sounds Good Maybe Later". In other words, consensus is increasingly hard to come by given such a large group. So the architecting of the web slows down and point solutions start to dominate the landscape of "new and different". And that is how tinkering becomes a killer app. It emerges while everyone else is pontificating. len From: Mike Champion [mailto:mc@x...] "Tinkerism" is the best you can HOPE for in such an environment.
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