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   Re: [xml-dev] Underwhelmed (WAS: [xml-dev] XOM micro tutorial)

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9/21/2002 1:05:35 AM, Arjun Ray <aray@nyct.net> wrote:

>Mike Champion <mc@xegesis.org> wrote:
>
>| I wish the original assumptions -- that there would be browser diversity, 
>| that API standards would be considered important, and that XML+CSS+DOM 
>| would be the dominant light-client application platform -- had become 
>| reality.  
>
>I'm pretty sure the third assumption killed the other two.

That's an interesting assertion, but I don't follow the reasoning.
You're saying that that DOM's pursuit of the chimera of XML+CSS as 
the universal light application platform helped kill Netscape?

More people would assert that Netscape's failure to pursue XML
aggressively gave Microsoft a powerful differentiator.  

I would agree that the demise of Netscape as a credible 
platform killed interest in browser API standards.









 

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