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RE: Why *is* XQuery taking so long?

• To: 'Jonathan Robie' <jonathan.robie@d...>
• Subject: RE: Why *is* XQuery taking so long?
• From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <len.bullard@i...>
• Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:22:37 -0500
• Cc: Michael Champion <michaelc.champion@g...>, xml-dev@l...

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:jonathan.robie@d...]

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.

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