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Len: "Patience while the wheel grinds but keep turning the handle. " If you made that up I want to quote you... if you are quoting I want to know the source!!! thanks -------------->Nathan > -----Original Message----- > From: Bullard, Claude L (Len) [mailto:len.bullard@i...] > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 11:24 AM > To: 'Andrzej Taramina'; 'davep@d...'; Kurt Cagle > Cc: xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: What Does Web 2.0 Mean Redux (WAS RE: > XTECH 2006 Call for Papers announced) > > From: Andrzej Taramina [mailto:andrzej@c...] > > >One of my favourite quotes is that from a Stella (the beer) > poster which > states: > >"I would rather die of thirst than to drink from the cup of > mediocrity". > >Unfortunately, that attitude doesn't seem to be the common > one, so we're > probably doomed > >to a certain level of mediocrity in all human endeavours. > > Of course. We should simply be aware of the hyperbole and > not bet more > than a draft on it until we are happy with the blend. I blogged what > my opinions on the document formats discussion produced. It > was a civil, > thoughtful intense discussion among peers. No big > revelations, but no > big problems other than an unbalanced market in need of > correction and > by degrees, getting it. Patience while the wheel grinds but > keep turning > the handle. > > >I would propose that the term "Web 2.0", as a label, is > mediocre in and of > itself. ;-) > > Yeah... it gets investors excited, people FUD the products of their > competitors, the > software gets downloaded, the complaints and the huzzahs are > heard, and we > all go > home to drink something, eat something, and chat with the > dormouse. People > who read > stuff like Graham writes or me or you or the rest of us here > should remember > the > software/web business is all about itself, not democracy, freedom, the > chat-ups > or the put-downs. It's a business that is more than a little > self-absorbed. > > One of the really good quotes I heard at XML 2005 was, "These > guys are my > friends. > They were my friends before Microsoft and Google, and they'll > be my friends > after > Microsoft and Google." > > That's a good attitude. > > len > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> >
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