Re: [xml-dev] nostalgia

<Quote1>
very well designed and written - especially compared to the WXA
rip-offs.
</Quote1>

[This is not to say I agree with the above statement, but rather an
explanation] 
This is (IMO) a common mistake that people make - referring to ebXML as
a whole, when they should be referring to one component of it. In the
case above you're referring to ebMS, which has multiple commonalities
with some of the GXA specifications.

<Quote2>
unfortunately ebXMLs concrete-monolith nature
</Quote2>

Please see comment above.

Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Member, OASIS/ebXML Registry TC

Martin Klang wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 10 May 2003, Mike Fitzgerald wrote:
> 
> > After thinking about software for 20 years, I prefer to see progress by
> > modules, not monoliths. ...
> 
> did i hear someone say ebXML?
> shame. and i really like ebXML too, very well designed and written -
> especially compared to the WXA rip-offs. unfortunately ebXMLs
> concrete-monolith nature means that i will probably never have a chance to
> use it.
> 
> (i'm guessing that ebXML is not what Simon had in mind with his OASIS
> reference)
> 
> regards,
> 
> /m
> 
> Martin Klang
> http://www.o-xml.org - the object-oriented XML programming language
> 
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