RE: criticism of MSXML (was Re: asp assistance)

I (the MSXML3 defender) couldn't agree more!
=:o)

Paulo Gaspar

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> Subject: criticism of MSXML (was Re: asp assistance)
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>
> > Come on - that's a bit rough, don't you think? Since when is a
> software vendor
> > under any obligation to mention competitive products on their website?
>
> I didn't say they were under obligation. It was a suggestion. I am trying
> to point out that Joshua has a bit of nerve, being sarcastic about Mike
> Kay's anti-MS attitude on the list and insinuating that users of Saxon and
> XT made a bad choice.
>
> These statements alone are not terribly inflammatory, but in the big
> picture it seems that the situation could have been less irksome for all
> involved, if there weren't scads of IE5 users showing up here and on
> comp.text.xml, irritating the old hats and with questions about Not-XPath,
> Not-XSLT, version 0.02 pre-alpha.
>
> If anyone has the power to effect some positive change with regard to this
> situation, it is the world's largest software company. I proposed a couple
> of relatively small steps they could take, making some changes to their
> web site, that would help address the root of the problem, which is, in my
> opinion, the continued distribution and promotion of MSXML 2.0, with
> precious little information provided to its users about its obsolescence
> with regard to what XSL has become, and how well they would do to upgrade,
> if they're intending to use the product.
>
>    - Mike
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