xml-dev - Re: OSS vs W3C? was: Next Round

[Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>]

"Matthew Sergeant (EML)" wrote:
> 
>         - Given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost
> every problem will be characterised quickly, and the fix obvious to someone.
> 
>         If the process just occured on ordinary public mailing lists this
> would be true I think.

That is not true. There were many bugs found in XML months after it was
available on a public mailing list. Characterizing bugs in specifications
is much, much harder than characterizing them in code. It wouldn't be so
hard if the specs were more formal, but that isn't the way things are
going.

 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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