Subj : XML
To   : Scott Little
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Tue Dec 24 2002 06:45 pm

   Quoting Scott Little on Tue 24 Dec 2002  6:46 to Jan Vermeulen:

JV>>     ESLF will contain all data one ever would need; XML may extract
JV>> whatever it needs.

sl> If you're thinking that we should use [E]SLF -> XML until everyone
sl> can use XML, forget it.  It won't work.  There's little incentive
sl> to use XML at all in that scenario.

   XML is good for local, not for global wide use.

JV>> If the developers will get serious and give priority to serving the
JV>> net.

sl> Huh?

   Don't you see what a "they must adopt" attitude really means?

BB>>>>     The list produced by the utility would be in XML already.
BB>>>> Then they are not working towards XML but starting from it.
sl>>> More or less.  It's the only way it can work.
JV>>     The problem seems to be that the XML developers do not see how
JV>> they could extract that data. As if string parsing would be a PITA
JV>> (even BASIC could do that in the early eighties...).

sl> Huh?

   It was said it wuld be a PITA to extract data from (E)SLF for building an
XML base.

JV>>     Which is by far less probable than losing a few legacy nodes in
JV>> the process.

sl> You've been told repeatedly this won't happen.  Pay attention.

   There is a small but very significant difference between "look we've got
some nice new software for you" and "you do no need to upgrade at all".

   A difference of 100 nodes, perhaps?

   Merry Christmas

   -=<[ JV ]>=-


* Origin: The Poor Man's Workstation -- Wormerveer NL (2:280/100)

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