[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Re: Where does the "nothing left but toolkits" myth come f
Umm... right. The trends are still aggregation and niche burglary. In English, any business with a reasonably fat data pipeline, particularly those in need of viz tools, are seeking each other with the matchmaker being the global services megamarts like IBM scooping up the profits. They will quickly be followed by the data marts like Google who are applying their ever smarter search/mining toolkits to ever narrower topical domains. http://news.com.com/Images+IBMs+crime-fighting+software/2009-1012_3-5562665. html?tag=st.prev Those guys weren't in our business last year, but I was expecting them as soon as they saw the money. The only IP left is the middleware with the business rules. So, currently, it's still about interfaces and message types, and trying to find a protected niche. It gets harder every day to make a buck in software. The Wal-Marts of the Web are quickly taking out even the larger local shops. len From: Robin Berjon [mailto:robin.berjon@e...] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:41 AM Then maybe this would be a nice time to explain how XML is being broken instead of handwaving FUD in people's faces on xml-dev? To paraphrase you somewhat, right now you tend to sound a lot like a Republican president looking for WMDs.
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