Re: [xml-dev] Is Web 2.0 the new XML?

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Michael Champion <>
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Gerald Bauer <>
Date
2005-08-10T06:19:01Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Is Web 2.0 the new XML?
On 8/9/05, Gerald Bauer <> wrote:

> 
>    I was wondering if anyone on the list has any comments on the rising
> Web 2.0 movement that seems gather all the momentum that plain old XML
> once had.


xml-dev regulars have written about it, pro, con, and mixed:
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=e8e3d501-0c1a-477d-9212-c7366020fa3d

http://lesscode.org/2005/08/07/dont-take-your-memes-to-town

Tim Bray's comment
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/08/04/Web-2.0 is my
favorite so far "  a lot of us are already on 3.0. .... But most
times, the whole thing still feels like a shaky early beta to me."

But what the heck ... There's a hype wave to surf, so folks are
partying like it's 1998.