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RE: Polemicism

• To: "'XML DEV'" <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: RE: Polemicism
• From: "Alessandro Triglia" <sandro@m...>
• Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 14:19:30 -0400
• Importance: Normal
• In-reply-to: <01d601c31656$44e14b80$2000a8c0@w...>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kearney [mailto:wkearney@i...] 
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 14:10
> To: XML DEV
> Subject: Re:  Polemicism
> 
> 
> Mein Kampf was written by one man.  That certainly set a 
> standard which many followed.


I remember reading that Novell Netware started as a one man's effort
too.  I read it in an issue of the Byte magazine some 8-10 years ago.

Indeed, there are many fine things that a single person can make.

Alessandro


> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Black, Neville" <Neville_Black@c...>
> To: <xml-dev@l...>
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 2:04 PM
> Subject: RE:  Polemicism
> 
> 
> > The "King James " translation of the Bible
> > was a committee work....
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Fitzgerald [mailto:mike@w...]
> >
> > Matthew.Bennett@f... wrote:
> > > Would you not agree that this list (and the human experience of 
> > > artistic endeavour generally) is testament to the notion 
> that fine 
> > > works are almost invariably the work of individuals, and 
> conversely, 
> > > the work of teams is usually mediocre, at best.
> >
> > Painting, sculpture, and novel, yes; architecture, no.
> >
> > > Most of the truly insightful software I've
> > > encountered was authored by one or two; most of the lousy 
> software 
> > > was written by corporate teams. Isn't the plethora of inane 
> > > 'standards' around XML evidence that it's doomed to rest in the 
> > > latter category?
> >
> > True. I've seen that, too. Software or data standards become true 
> > standards based on, I think, two key factors: wide 
> acceptance by the 
> > masses who care and implementability by engineers. Big 
> money can trump 
> > these factors, however.
> >
> > Mike
> 
> 
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