• To: Oleg Dulin <dulino@o...>
• Subject: Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
• From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@n...>
• Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 14:55:31 +0200
• Cc: Michael Champion <mc@x...>, xml-dev@l...
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Oleg Dulin wrote:

>>> what is the wheel that will be replaced? What XML rendering language 
>>> is to
>>> be replaced by XAML.
>>>
>> XForms for conventional data input, SVG for vector graphics, XML+CSS 
>> for rendering, XHTML+DOM for dynamic "browser" pages?
> 
> 
> That is precisely the problem.
> 
> An MS developer using XAML only needs to learn XAML. Everyone else needs 
> to learn 20 different XML languages.

On the other hand, I already know SVG, CSS, XHTML and DOM. Why should I 
learn something other than that and give away my toolbox for a 
restrictive environment where everything has the MS signature on it?

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