RE: [xml-dev] Sky is falling again...

["Mark Seaborne" <MSeaborne@origoservices.com>]

Thank you for that, I haven't laughed so much for ages. These guys are talented satirists. I can't wait to get my "arms around XML namespaces" and give them a loving hug. Presumably a "catalytic role" is designed to reduce harmful emissions to the atmosphere?

Where I work we have decided that there is a definite place for environmentally friendly XML, made mostly from recycled materials, and fully biodegradable. 

We were also wondering if there might be a market for stain resistant XML.

All the best

Mark Seaborne 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Prescod [mailto:paul@prescod.net]
Sent: 08 October 2002 12:41
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: [xml-dev] Sky is falling again...


http://news.com.com/2010-1071-961117.html?tag=fd_nc_1

"Just because an XML message is "valid" (meets XML standards) does not 
mean it can work with other valid XML messages, or that it will behave 
as expected. As a result, we're losing control of the hundreds of 
disparate XML vocabularies we've developed, the mountains of XML-ized 
data we've generated and the millions of XML-enabled software components 
we've created."

Somewhat wide-ranging and IMHO, not entirely coherent (XML as a 
branding issue?) but nevertheless worth reading to see what everyone 
else is reading.

  Paul Prescod


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