On 9/3/2009 11:58 AM, Uche Ogbuji wrote:

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@s... <mailto:simonstl@s...>> wrote:

   Perhaps there were better ways to have made XML work with his
   problems... but I think on the whole he's right.

   http://dataspora.com/blog/xml-and-big-data/

I read this, and I decided not to comment, because there is not much nice to say.

Goddess knows XML has its problems but in effect this guys is saying "I designed an XML app using XML in a very dumb way, and the app disappointed me.  The fault must lie with XML".

I don't think he's saying that at all...his own words: "In the next sections, I discuss how XML fails for Big Data because of its unnatural form..."

He states that XML fails for "Big Data", not that XML is at fault for his mistakes.  He's (apparently) learned from his mistakes, so we should really be nodding our heads in encouragement of the lessons learned.