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By itself, this is funny:
On 11/3/2011 2:19 AM, Hank Ratzesberger wrote: Anecdotal to list, apologies, but for me... I was told yesterday by my previous employer that he can't find anyone to maintain and XML application and today by my current employer that XML is not seen as the solution it was thought to be several years ago. Too bad for the previous employer. There's an interesting problem here. I think most successful XML initiatives are relying to a significant degree on growing their own experts, but it's true that not every place will be able to do that. Why this is, and whether there's something about process- and content-centric systems (like XML systems) that makes it harder to commoditize the expertise than it is with, say, HTML/Javascript/RDBMS, is something to think about. As for the current employer, this is a howling non sequitur. I agree that XML is not the solution it was thought to be several years ago. (Nor was it ever thought to be, by many of us.) But to go from this to "we're not going to do it" is like saying that because we have not yet cured cancer, medical science is useless. Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
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