• To: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Subject: Re: Fwd: War of Attrition (was: Underwhelmed(WAS: XOM micro tutorial))
• From: Sam Hunting <shunting@e...>
• Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:57:13 -0400 (EDT)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <USUSLJD0YX53E0XURQHGKOKUSJFB9A8.3d8f790a@MChamp>

> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> For some reason, I have a feeling that the unjustifiable complexity of
> the later XML specs is not altogether random and goes beyond the
> Second System Effect [0] mentioned in [1].
> 
[...] 
> So the big fish rode out DOM Level 2. Some will ride out W3C
> Schema. Those left standing will try XML Query. And then the winner
> will throw away the specs it used to win the battle.
> 
> As soon as you've won your war of attrition, you have no use for the
> very instrument you used to win it.

Relax ... and rest ;-)

Sam Hunting
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