Re: [xml-dev] XML for Video, Pizza Shops & TakeOut

[David Lyon <david@globaltradedesk.com>]

Marcus,

> What would you have it do in those places? If you can identify an
> economically viable requirement for those markets, you might be on to
> something. 

Cool stuff Marcus. Like a Linux console in my car that notifies me when the 
pizza is cooked or my video is ready. (GPS car devices are selling in record 
numbers in the U.S. presently) Why not a pizza xml link for them.

So far we're no closer to this than we were ten years ago, probably further 
away actually. We have the hardware that can do this but no software. It's 
deplorable.

> Where's the dough in a pizza shop?

There's money in Techno gizmos. Problem is now there's so few cool xml gizmos 
as far as I'm aware. Gizmos have been the only growth area in PC hardware 
sales for the last 2 or so years. People love them gizmos.

It seems that the old policy of locking programmers in rooms to code has 
resulted in a world where there are so few cool gizmos being developed 
anymore. It's such a shame.

But I may well be wrong. I still reckon there are plenty of cool xml gizmos 
to make but so few people to make them.

David

On Wednesday 17 October 2001 14:15, Marcus Carr wrote:
> David Lyon wrote:
> > Yet, still, my local Video store can't handle XML yet. Nor can the Pizza
> > shop or other take-out places.
>
> What would you have it do in those places? If you can identify an
> economically viable requirement for those markets, you might be on to
> something. The video store itself probably won't even see out the decade,
> so I doubt if anyone's going to put much effort into ramping up that model.
> For the other two, the phone is probably more efficient overall for taking
> orders and they might use a database for reordering if they belong to a
> chain. Beyond that, you'd be looking to do something pretty specialised.
> Where's the dough in a pizza shop?
>
> > So my question is where is XML going ?
>
> Everywhere I look...:-)
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Marcus Carr                      email:  mrc@allette.com.au
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