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I agree. In the last couple of years, I've talked to several database
user's groups. Around 10-15% actually knew XML and maybe 5% were
actually using it. And these were very sharp people with very good
questions.
-- Ron
Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Kurt Cagle wrote:
>
>
>> I've also found that many employers have stopped listing XML in their
>> advertisements, not because they don't need that skill, but because
>> they assume that working with XML is something that you should just
>> know if you work with most computer languages.
>
>
> These employers may be overly optimistic. Last night I gave an advanced
> XML presentation to a large audience of uber-geek Linux folks. Based on
> post-talk discussion, I suspect only about 30-40% were reasonably
> conversant with XML prior to that evening. If I'd realized that in
> advance I would have pitched the talk at a slightly lower level. It's
> certainly true that XML is more broadly understood in the community than
> it was five years ago. However, I don't think it's yet reached the level
> of ubiquity of C or Java.
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