Re: Xquery might have some things right
From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne_at_acm.org>
Date: 17 Mar 2004 03:40:48 GMT
Message-ID: <c38hbv$23i72g$1_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
> No, XML is doomed to repeat CORBA failure.
> I don't see any utility for XML beyond cutting and pasting quotes into
> usenet messages like this:
> <quote>
> ...
> </quote>
Date: 17 Mar 2004 03:40:48 GMT
Message-ID: <c38hbv$23i72g$1_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Quoth "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com>:
> "Hiran Chaudhuri" <hiran.chaudhuri_at_lrz.fh-muenchen.de> wrote in message
> news:c37mit$ca5$1_at_wsc10.lrz-muenchen.de...
>> >> "Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_iahu.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag >> news:29J5c.23$YU2.103_at_news.oracle.com... >> > "Hiran Chaudhuri" <hiran.chaudhuri_at_lrz.fh-muenchen.de> wrote in message >> > news:c37lhc$bno$1_at_wsc10.lrz-muenchen.de... >> > > But as it does, we can focus our thoughts to >> > > higher levels of abstraction, and wide-spread interoperability comes >> into >> > > reach. >> > >> > CORBA deja vu? >> >> Is CORBA that flexible? How come it is not that widely used then? >
> No, XML is doomed to repeat CORBA failure.
> >> And still, it is not the only use for XML. >
> I don't see any utility for XML beyond cutting and pasting quotes into
> usenet messages like this:
> <quote>
> ...
> </quote>
Since there is:
- No RFC for that, and
- No clients that support that, and
- Great trouble in making up a suitable user interface to manage quoting properly anyways,
it's no good anyways.
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