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RE: more QName madness

• To: "'Simon St.Laurent'" <simonstl@s...>,<xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: more QName madness
• From: "Michael Kay" <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:32:04 -0000
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> At what point in all this forward motion did the process go 
> over a cliff?  There were clearly signs at the beginning of 
> the journey, but it is quite remarkable how far this trip has 
> continued since.

Sadly, my prediction that no-one would ever use XML Namespaces because
the whole idea was so unworkable is one of many occasions on which I
have misjudged the collective stupidity of the IT community. What we are
seeing today is the inevitable consequences of an architectural blunder.

Michael Kay
Software AG
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work: Michael.Kay@s... 

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