Comment Re:XML does everything - whatever. (Score 3) 291
XML is not the end-all be-all of data representation formats, but it is certainly one of the most flexible formats for representing textual (or textually representatble) data. It will never replace binary standards unless a very good generalized binary compression and representation system for XML documents is developed and adopted by the XML community. My company is working on such a beast.
Regarding the Applications. It's true. They're not quite there yet, but they're coming. My company is putting together quite a decent one, and many other vendors are trying to do it right as well. The Windows support, unfortunately, will generally be there before the UNIX support, but UNIX support is not far off.
Regarding Microsoft and XML. Microsoft, though I hate to admit it, is one of the more influential catalysts for the development and standardization of XML specifications at the W3C. Their stance on XML, for the most part, is a driving stance, as opposed to what it has been in the past with other Internet technologies, being embrace and extend. Let's give them some credit in that sense then.
Tom Bradford (CTO) The dbXML Group
Regarding the Applications. It's true. They're not quite there yet, but they're coming. My company is putting together quite a decent one, and many other vendors are trying to do it right as well. The Windows support, unfortunately, will generally be there before the UNIX support, but UNIX support is not far off.
Regarding Microsoft and XML. Microsoft, though I hate to admit it, is one of the more influential catalysts for the development and standardization of XML specifications at the W3C. Their stance on XML, for the most part, is a driving stance, as opposed to what it has been in the past with other Internet technologies, being embrace and extend. Let's give them some credit in that sense then.
Tom Bradford (CTO) The dbXML Group
