Re: XML: The good, the bad, and the ugly

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 18:03:00 +0200
Message-ID: <41544540$0$65124$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>

Laconic2 wrote:

> XML... ... Neat! They've
> extended the concept of self-describing data to data
> in transit as well as data inside a DBMS.

 > ... But XML instead of DBMS?  ...
 > It would be like trying to put a capsule on the
 > moon by using a baseball bat!

Or with a cannon - which is how Jules Verne pictured it. This brings us back to hammering screws. Not so strange if you've never learned how to use a screwdriver. Received on Fri Sep 24 2004 - 18:03:00 CEST

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