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> But I'm truly curious -- does the "real world" think of "XML" as a vehicle > for e-commerce rather than a markup technology? At every conference since last October, we've asked the audience what they were doing with XML. The numbers have been consistent. 75% are planning or doing B2B e-commerce projects. (OK -- not very scientific -- and maybe that only proves people doing B2B projects have a bigger budget for conferences.) > I don't thing ANYONE hyped XML to the point that the article implies. Listen to (or read) Steve Ballmer's remarks over the past year. His title is CEO, but he sounds like Steve Ballmer, XML Evangelist. Here's the URL for his recent speech about XML being a "fundamental shift" in the way we do business and government: http://www.xml.org/xmlorg_news/ceo-xml.shtml Ballmer said: XML will become the "universal medium by which Web sites and users of Web sites communicate," ================== Ken North ============================= See you at AD2000 London (www.applicationdevelopment.com) XML DevCon 2000 New York City (www.xmldevcon2000.com) =========================================================== *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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