(Uche Ogbuji) writes:
>> The only difference is now some of those people have decided to
>>influence the directin and future of XML & it's attendant
>>technologies instead of just using it for what they want and ignoring
>> the dream of "SGML on the Web".
>
>If these folks would only admit that the direction they are going is
>distinct from XML, there would be no problem. What you describe is
>basically a fork, with the unfortunate error of appropriating the
>lineaments of the original branch.
Uche summed it up perfectly. I keep asking myself "How can we break
these bastards?" but their hold seems pretty secure at the moment.
Unfortunate is right - I suspect for them as well as us.
--
Simon St.Laurent
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