• To: "Ken North" <ken_north@c...>
• Subject: Re: [ANN] "Future of Software and Databases" NetSeminar (December 3)
• From: tblanchard@m...
• Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:23:01 +0200
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <002701c27cac$41783010$1600a8c0@k...>

If XML is an "interchange" format - then why am I storing it?  Why 
don't I convert it to my format (which I designed because it is 
convenient where the XML "interchange" format is not).  Does this even 
make sense?  I don't think it does.

On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 06:57  AM, Ken North wrote:
> Think of a database as a container for all types of data -- enabling 
> you to run
> powerful queries.
> If databases can store audio, images, video, text and biometric data, 
> why should
> XML be a "can of worms".
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