RE: [xml-dev] Painful USA Today article (was RE: [xml-dev] ANN: RESTTutorial)

> deeper into the problem.  One quote I thought could correlate directly
> with what we are seeing with XML specifications and technologies:
> 
>    'But companies don't always need what they get. "They overbuy
>    and get more features, more functions than they need," says
>    analyst David Smith of Gartner'
> 
> History keeps repeating itself!

On the other hand, the availability of tools and products for XML has
lagged pretty badly, making it hard for the progress-minded CEO to find
things to spend money on.  The complication in the specs only makes it
more difficult for vendors to produce products that people can overbuy.
:-)