I believe Jonathan Marsh from Microsoft replied to this list
that what this thread continues to go on about is a doc
bug and not a "wacky innovation". :-)

For the record.

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Steve Muench, Lead XML Evangelist & Consulting Product Manager
Business Components for Java Dev't Team, Oracle Corporation

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kay Michael" <Michael.Kay@xxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 1:30 AM
Subject: RE: MSXML abominations happening for a reason (was Re: MSXML...released)


| > "Solutions" like this abomination arise not because Microsoft 
| > is sadistic but because they believe, and probably have market research 
| > to back this up, that there are a lot of people out there who will use
| this
| > functionality and
| 
| Don't believe that for a minute. They put features in because they have
| innovative people who dream up ideas (sometimes good, sometimes wacky) and
| whose personal motivation is to show off their good ideas to the world
| rather than to pass conformance tests. Then they try to justify the
| invention post-hoc by proving there is a requirement out there. (I know -
| I've been there).
| 
| Mike Kay
| 
| 
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