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Subject: RE: Add numbers
From: "Scott Trenda" <Scott.Trenda@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:06:40 -0500
RE:  Add numbers
Heh, and there brings the main point.
> "If you know you need new tools, and you haven't yet acquired them,
you're already paying for them."

"XSLT 2.0, huh? Sounds overly fancy and risky. Do we _need_ it?"
"Well, no, but-"
"Then no. XSLT 1.0 is good enough for now."

~ Scott


-----Original Message-----
From: Wendell Piez [mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:03 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE:  Add numbers

At 12:46 PM 10/9/2007, Mike wrote:
> > Point taken and noted. Unfortunately, at my work, we're stuck
> > using XSLT 1.0 until Microsoft gets around to releasing their
> > implementation of XSLT 2.0
>
>That kind of supplier loyalty leaves me gobsmacked.
>
>Even if you're planning to wait indefinitely, is it really good tactics
to
>tell Microsoft this is your plan?

I saw a nice line in an old advertisement for precision machine tools:

   "If you know you need new tools, and you haven't yet acquired them,
    you're already paying for them."

Cheers,
Wendell



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