> >> As type-safety is pretty much a concession to Microsoft anyway
> 
> >This is rapidly becoming an urban myth, and it is rubbish. I 
> won't try
> to state Microsoft's position for them, but a change as 
> significant as this cannot be made if only one member 
> organisation supports it, and that is certainly not the case 
> in this instance.
> 
> Now I'm probably as pro-Microsoft as it is possible to get 
> without actively conjuring up Satan and working a deal but I 
> must say that I had the impression that Microsoft would like 
> the type-safety, XSDL integration etc. and that they would be 
> active proponents of it.

I did not say Microsoft weren't in favour of it. But they aren't the only ones, nor are they driving this change.

And I think Microsoft are probably as well aware as anyone that what is right for XQuery is not necessarily right for XSLT.

Michael Kay


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