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> -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Kearney [mailto:wkearney@i...] > Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 14:10 > To: XML DEV > Subject: Re: Polemicism > > > Mein Kampf was written by one man. That certainly set a > standard which many followed. I remember reading that Novell Netware started as a one man's effort too. I read it in an issue of the Byte magazine some 8-10 years ago. Indeed, there are many fine things that a single person can make. Alessandro > > ----- 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 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl>
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