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--Apple-Mail-11--57832379 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Dec 9, 2004, at 10:49 PM, Daniela Florescu wrote: >> No, for XQuery that's not obvious it all. > > !? > > It might not be obvious to you, but that was definitively clear for > my previous employer (BEA Systems) and more importantly > it is clear for my current employer (Oracle Corporation). Lots of things that big companies think are important turn out to be disappointing. Your current employer, if I recall correctly, was at one point telling the world that video-on-demand was the key application on the "Information Superhighway", and has repeatedly decreed that the time for Network Computers had come. And Oracle isn't especially stupid, it's just that sometimes big-company bets are wrong. Think of OSI networking, Ada, the Fifth Generation project, Blackbird, Bob, and so on and so on. XQuery will be a success when people start using it in large numbers because it solves their problems. Which could very well happen, but, as I said, it's not "obvious". -Tim --Apple-Mail-11--57832379 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name=smime.p7s Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=smime.p7s MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIGHDCCAtUw ggI+oAMCAQICAwuKuTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADBiMQswCQYDVQQGEwJaQTElMCMGA1UEChMcVGhh d3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcgKFB0eSkgTHRkLjEsMCoGA1UEAxMjVGhhd3RlIFBlcnNvbmFsIEZyZWVt YWlsIElzc3VpbmcgQ0EwHhcNMDQwMTIyMjMzOTA2WhcNMDUwMTIxMjMzOTA2WjBGMR8wHQYDVQQD ExZUaGF3dGUgRnJlZW1haWwgTWVtYmVyMSMwIQYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhR0YnJheUB0ZXh0dWFsaXR5 LmNvbTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAMYiIlrf7yTblabXBlwkonodVyp+ W7Oo8w71ErSW7mKramEBAkfkUnPmbRqcS2wqFaK34GbQMk/1vcOxo2AmfmFVec13SWKi0YzXC8xf 9SbjfQU1tXiC9LJB1HeOO46UVRqTNeayruz2pQBztvYF76G5sGmwKjoR/DhimwUM579MaJln38SK UQ6Ya768DwyaDNY7yDWYh1gUxizx71QkzyRCPQdmq6g1ebrVYyoBE33BXQRNGZm2zrlI5JBQ4oax E0Cz3BjR8iZFzK/AhFGDllZYuojf7iZuaNhWr3aWAvHNyLHVMaxXNFb/CUri5c7StFVEgXUVvlgP eSHIPg9gqaECAwEAAaMxMC8wHwYDVR0RBBgwFoEUdGJyYXlAdGV4dHVhbGl0eS5jb20wDAYDVR0T AQH/BAIwADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAAOBgQBQAlJ/qQJmtQN966ahSWiovhjWj5Qwk6BnPP+Fjfbo 9guSIWWBw2DEXh8nPT4WJchZSVz4SwDtZ0SZ2PWWToRo/Dmpv+ehzNNhR/y2CdU/zNo+kSShBhc6 HNtp6A0+Yh6Vw0Y+qHa0EKppOJM2D5WTExycYjHU8Xs+dLktAmKqlzCCAz8wggKooAMCAQICAQ0w DQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgdExCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMRUwEwYDVQQIEwxXZXN0ZXJuIENhcGUxEjAQ BgNVBAcTCUNhcGUgVG93bjEaMBgGA1UEChMRVGhhd3RlIENvbnN1bHRpbmcxKDAmBgNVBAsTH0Nl cnRpZmljYXRpb24gU2VydmljZXMgRGl2aXNpb24xJDAiBgNVBAMTG1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBG cmVlbWFpbCBDQTErMCkGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYccGVyc29uYWwtZnJlZW1haWxAdGhhd3RlLmNvbTAe Fw0wMzA3MTcwMDAwMDBaFw0xMzA3MTYyMzU5NTlaMGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxU aGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJl ZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAxKY8VXNV+065ypla HmjAdQRwnd/p/6Me7L3N9VvyGna9fww6YfK/Uc4B1OVQCjDXAmNaLIkVcI7dyfArhVqqP3FWy688 Cwfn8R+RNiQqE88r1fOCdz0Dviv+uxg+B79AgAJk16emu59l0cUqVIUPSAR/p7bRPGEEQB5kGXJg t/sCAwEAAaOBlDCBkTASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/AgEAMEMGA1UdHwQ8MDowOKA2oDSGMmh0dHA6 Ly9jcmwudGhhd3RlLmNvbS9UaGF3dGVQZXJzb25hbEZyZWVtYWlsQ0EuY3JsMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIB BjApBgNVHREEIjAgpB4wHDEaMBgGA1UEAxMRUHJpdmF0ZUxhYmVsMi0xMzgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEF BQADgYEASIzRUIPqCy7MDaNmrGcPf6+svsIXoUOWlJ1/TCG4+DYfqi2fNi/A9BxQIJNwPP2t4WFi w9k6GX6EsZkbAMUaC4J0niVQlGLH2ydxVyWN3amcOY6MIE9lX5Xa9/eH1sYITq726jTlEBpbNU13 41YheILcIRk13iSx0x1G/11fZU8xggLnMIIC4wIBATBpMGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQK ExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwg RnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIDC4q5MAkGBSsOAwIaBQCgggFTMBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkq hkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZIhvcNAQkFMQ8XDTA0MTIxMTIyMTY1OVowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkEMRYEFPAH wb8Li8IGBthIggl60rnm4KYMMHgGCSsGAQQBgjcQBDFrMGkwYjELMAkGA1UEBhMCWkExJTAjBgNV BAoTHFRoYXd0ZSBDb25zdWx0aW5nIChQdHkpIEx0ZC4xLDAqBgNVBAMTI1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25h bCBGcmVlbWFpbCBJc3N1aW5nIENBAgMLirkwegYLKoZIhvcNAQkQAgsxa6BpMGIxCzAJBgNVBAYT AlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3 dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIDC4q5MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBABh+ ARd/mQatoT3qwVTPMmt6rbplLlgZncTC+xEmECugQcpCQKsLrYr0t9/fUYBfpIND0fFeu4VoncOO 8F8bC4pHiI+EsVUzdcW2lbgWxLHIT2OQWnhLbTfgOX+oWmqzm6ciSy6AXbbrcv4vE1R5oFKC9Nqt 3122SBBs3FZK4rQ1qaXA2I5cmohwyrQ+OaFk/c3ZY+Q4CBkj5gmr84dtv/B8kJ0r7rMBuXk9ett/ fKwW1yCPc/YwJ8OiCVCdtO9cV5ceJ+zWYepZ2Me40TdM3chsCBL111UWCbogwVIYnohmh6fidxTJ tdgb0FmZ/XSswbItDHgMHtWDc2Qtt9UkHhwAAAAAAAA= --Apple-Mail-11--57832379--
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