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The "King James " translation of the Bible
was a committee work....
neville black
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Fitzgerald [mailto:mike@wyeast.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 8:35 PM
To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Polemicism
Matthew.Bennett@facs.gov.au wrote:
> Would you not agree that this list (and the human experience of artistic
> endeavour generally) is testament to the notion that fine works are almost
> invariably the work of individuals, and conversely, the work of teams is
> usually mediocre, at best.
Painting, sculpture, and novel, yes; architecture, no.
> Most of the truly insightful software I've
> encountered was authored by one or two; most of the lousy software was
> written by corporate teams. Isn't the plethora of inane 'standards' around
> XML evidence that it's doomed to rest in the latter category?
True. I've seen that, too. Software or data standards become true standards
based on, I think, two key factors: wide acceptance by the masses who care
and implementability by engineers. Big money can trump these factors,
however.
Mike
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