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RE: When parsing speed matters (was Re: No XML Binar

• From: "Michael Kay" <mike@s...>
• To: <noah_mendelsohn@u...>,"'Anne Thomas Manes'" <atmanes@g...>
• Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:36:23 -0000

> The analogy I use is to the CPUs in your printer: 

But the economics are rather different, surely? Printers are manufactured by
the million. For more specialized functions, you have a much lower volume
and therefore a higher unit cost and therefore you need a much more
compelling story in terms of user benefits. Unless you're selling it like
perfume: it's expensive so it must be good.

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

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