• To: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Subject: Re: Why *is* XQuery taking so long?
• From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@d...>
• Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:19:27 -0400
• Cc: Michael Champion <michaelc.champion@g...>, xml-dev@l...
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Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Fair enough.  But you may also have to face situations where 
> the big companies have better answers, better implementations, 
> and better marketing.  The W3C cannot dictate terms to the 
> market either.  

Certainly not. Standards have to succeed in the same way that products 
have to succeed - in the marketplace. But I don't see any alternative to 
XQuery looming to replace it over the next year.

Jonathan

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