Mein Kampf was written by one man. That certainly set a standard which many
followed.
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From: "Black, Neville" <>
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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: [xml-dev] Polemicism
> The "King James " translation of the Bible
> was a committee work....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Fitzgerald [mailto:]
>
> 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
