RE: [xml-dev] Why *is* XQuery taking so long?

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Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
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'Jonathan Robie' <>
Date
2004-10-15T15:22:37Z
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RE: [xml-dev] Why *is* XQuery taking so long?
I agree.  Better beer through better brewing.  If all we wanted 
was moonshine, that's thirty days and a real good place to hide 
the still.

len


From: Jonathan Robie [mailto:]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote:
> Fair enough.  But you may also have to face situations where 
> the big companies have better answers, better implementations, 
> and better marketing.  The W3C cannot dictate terms to the 
> market either.  

Certainly not. Standards have to succeed in the same way that products 
have to succeed - in the marketplace. But I don't see any alternative to 
XQuery looming to replace it over the next year.