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• Subject: Re: Even if you're not ... was If you're going to the W3Cmeeting in March
• From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
• Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:47:23 -0800
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I agree. In the last couple of years, I've talked to several database 
user's groups. Around 10-15% actually knew XML and maybe 5% were 
actually using it. And these were very sharp people with very good 
questions.

-- Ron

Elliotte Harold wrote:
> Kurt Cagle wrote:
> 
> 
>> I've also found that many employers have stopped listing XML in their
>> advertisements, not because they don't need that skill, but because
>> they assume that working with XML is something that you should just
>> know if you work with most computer languages.
> 
> 
> These employers may be overly optimistic. Last night I gave an advanced 
> XML presentation to a large audience of uber-geek Linux folks. Based on 
> post-talk discussion, I suspect only about 30-40% were reasonably 
> conversant with XML prior to that evening. If I'd realized that in 
> advance I would have pitched the talk at a slightly lower level. It's 
> certainly true that XML is more broadly understood in the community than 
> it was five years ago. However, I don't think it's yet reached the level 
> of ubiquity of C or Java.

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  • Re: Even if you're not ... was If you're going to the W3C meeting in March
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  • Re: Even if you're not ... was If you're going to the W3Cmeeting in March
    • From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>

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