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On 2 Mar 2014, at 09:35, [x] cross solution <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > i see the spec 3.0 is published and have many new functions, which i want to use. > Also 2.0 was much better than 1.0. > But - i have to use all the time 1.0, because the most software use the libraries from the apache project (xerces and xalan). If you are using Java, then you don't need to use Xalan, you can use Saxon, which implements the latest standards. > > Does anybody know, why the software on the markets only use the 1.0 standard? > Is this a license thing? Is the License for a 3.0 library to expensive? There are broadly two categories of 1.0 processor: open source processors produced by enthusiastic individuals in their spare time, and open source processors produced by enthusiastic corporations such as Microsoft and IBM. The first category didn't get upgraded because the individuals found more interesting/rewarding things to do with their spare time. The second category didn't get upgraded because the people within the relevant corporations who wanted to upgrade them failed to persuade their management that there was a good business case for spending a couple of million dollars on software that would be given away free. So it's basically a failure of the open source "business model". Lots of people have got value from open source 1.0 processors, and none of this value has fed back into investment into advancing the technology. Meanwhile (as I pointed out in my talk on XSLT 3.0 in Prague, which you can watch on video) there are lots of 2.0 processors available (Saxon, Altova, IBM Websphere, Intel, Marklogic) but all of them are funded by a commercial business model, even if in some cases there are free versions available. > > > Can anybody explain, why the market still stays on the same place since many, many years? > The key point is "market". When did you last go to the market and find free tomatoes on offer? Michael Kay Saxonica
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