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RE: [SUMMARY #1] Why is there little usage of XML on the 'visi

• To: "'Mitch Amiano'" <mitch.amiano@a...>,"'Didier PH Martin'" <martind@n...>
• Subject: RE: [SUMMARY #1] Why is there little usage of XML on the 'visible Web'?
• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:57:32 +0100
• Cc: "'Costello, Roger L.'" <costello@m...>,<xml-dev@l...>
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> IMHO, when the idea of XML + XSLT was first stirred up, I 
> think there was a window of time in which the idea could be 
> rapidly adopted, or pushed to the side. Inconsistencies and 
> defectiveness of the browser support meant it was pushed the side.

Since about 1993 there has never been a window of time in which new
technologies could be rapidly adopted client-side; it has always been
necessary to wait a few years until a significant proportion of the
installed base of browsers supported the technology in question.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/

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