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Tony,
At 04:38 PM 11/30/2010, you wrote: On Tue, Nov 30 2010 17:45:14 +0000, wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > The fact that they aren't more comprehensive than they are, however, I > attribute to the factors I mentioned, namely that the *motivation* for > a project this complex is an important consideration, both for > development and long-term support. Every project, that is, needs a > sustainability model. This is all very true, and I should qualify myself to say that to scratch where it itches, and only when it does, is itself a sustainability model, if only implicitly. As with so many other things, the problems start when either one makes promises (to oneself or others) that one will do more than one can, or others infer (perhaps on the basis of the good work) that one owes it to them to put more effort into it than one can afford to. For us this is compounded by the fact that developers such as Jeni, Florent and yourself, who are XSLT experts, can also work at lower levels, and yet have the liberty and inclination to work in the open and give it away, are something of an elite group, and people can't be forced into it. Nor should they be: the free enterprise model -- including the idea that the material compensation one gets for one's work can also be the basis for a more robust sustainability model than scratch-where-it-itches -- can and should coexist with the communitarian ethos IMHO. Indeed the two can amplify each other, as is demonstrated every day on this list. I guess this all goes to say that the best response to "why isn't there better open-source support for X" is "no one has been able to do it yet: go for it". Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================
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