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Mein Kampf was written by one man. That certainly set a standard which many followed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Black, Neville" <Neville_Black@c...> To: <xml-dev@l...> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:04 PM Subject: RE: Polemicism > The "King James " translation of the Bible > was a committee work.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Fitzgerald [mailto:mike@w...] > > Matthew.Bennett@f... wrote: > > Would you not agree that this list (and the human experience of artistic > > endeavour generally) is testament to the notion that fine works are almost > > invariably the work of individuals, and conversely, the work of teams is > > usually mediocre, at best. > > Painting, sculpture, and novel, yes; architecture, no. > > > Most of the truly insightful software I've > > encountered was authored by one or two; most of the lousy software was > > written by corporate teams. Isn't the plethora of inane 'standards' around > > XML evidence that it's doomed to rest in the latter category? > > True. I've seen that, too. Software or data standards become true standards > based on, I think, two key factors: wide acceptance by the masses who care > and implementability by engineers. Big money can trump these factors, > however. > > Mike
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