[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Got the Point Perfectly ( Was: RE: Missing the Point (was: More Stupid X
I get the point. The point was made here repeatedly and D.M. reiterates it: too much hype from the XML camp fed expectations. This hype was launched on the back of the HTML hype. Dvorak knows that. He knows he doesn't like anything he can't tinker with. He hated frames, he hates animation; he is a luddite with a podium. As to your point... There is no free lunch. Thin out the client, the complexity moves to the servers. Tie the server tightly to the client, it gets fat. Build rules in the business layer, and someone has to change them every time a new business process is initiated. Complexity can't be scaled away. It feeds into the system as signal and amplifies. No matter how you do it, it is about names and structures and the means by which you organize these for a process, be it tranformation, presentation, searching, whatever. The SGML community told you this plainly and clearly. You told yourselves you were smarter than that. You weren't. Now you have systems that operate almost precisely the way they were described in the SGML papers 10 years ago and with all of the issues described then as well. You have yourselves to thank for both the victory and the problems. But all in all, it works and it works very well. It simply won't be something the average Joe Hacker or his mom can do and no one with any experience said it would be. In fact, when you add enterprise engineeing (See BizTalk orchestration) on top of it, the requirements to set up an organization to run coherent communications are much harder. The results will be better but again, there is no free lunch. The rent for all of the dollars, yen, and rupees poured into the last five years of speculative investment are coming due. They can't wish away the task of understanding and neither can we. Len clbullar@i... http://www.mp3.com/LenBullard Ekam sat.h, Vipraah bahudhaa vadanti. Daamyata. Datta. Dayadhvam.h -----Original Message----- From: AndrewWatt2000@a... [mailto:AndrewWatt2000@a...] You miss the point ... and it is a very important point ... that there has been and continues to be a failure to communicate what the XML family is and does.
|
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|