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At 12:14 7/10/1998 , you wrote: | > I think I'll jump on this, the second reference, to | > Microsoft's promised COM object. | > | > A couple of points: | > | > * So we want XML to be tied to the great monopoly? | | No. But if I was going to make software to compete with the Great | Monopoly, it would have to be free software. Commercial software is more | expensive to develop, and the chances of making the money back are small. | But you claim that free software isn't good enough. So what's the | incentive? Well, if XML is going to have the huge impact everyone is hoping, then there will be a market, and therefore a source of revenue. Quite simply, those who are willing to lead the way when an idea is small will reap the benefits a thousand-fold when the market explodes in size. Take Netscape for example. As an SGML/XML consultant and software developer, I would not use free software unless: it had been through a number of versions; it was widely used; I had access to the source. Even then, I would have doubts. While there are a few obvious counter-examples (Linux and Apache), I would really rather use commercial software, and pay for it. I don't need an XML version of Word. Just a lightweight XML editor that can be embedded as a component in my Delphi/etc applications. It doesn't have to support graphics, namespaces, XLink, DCD, etc. Just DTDs and ideally a tiny bit of formatting to make it look nice for the user. Now I am contemplating developing this myself, simply to use in a project I am currently working on. I have the funds, but not the time. So, is there anyone out there, preferably in Australia, who has the expertise and time to do some contract programming on this? Cheers, J ------------------------- James Robertson Step Two Designs Pty Ltd SGML, XML & HTML Consultancy http://www.steptwo.com.au/ jamesr@s... "Beyond the Idea" ACN 081 019 623 xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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