Re: [xml-dev] Why *is* XQuery taking so long?

[Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@datadirect.com>]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Fair enough.  But you may also have to face situations where 
> the big companies have better answers, better implementations, 
> and better marketing.  The W3C cannot dictate terms to the 
> market either.  

Certainly not. Standards have to succeed in the same way that products 
have to succeed - in the marketplace. But I don't see any alternative to 
XQuery looming to replace it over the next year.

Jonathan