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Re: Some thoughts on the XML thread...

2004-01-22 13:49:46
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:31:34PM -0600, Dustin D. Trammell asserted:

First, on "The Stakeholder Whom Shall Not Be Named"...  It's hard to
debate a proposal of an design change when the entity proposing will not
actively debate.


Yep.  You can't propose a solution or even debate the merits if you don't
know the problem.

What needed function will the introduction of XML produce that cannot be
solved by simpler, existing means?


In conclusion, my primary concern with this whole thread is that it's
hard to debate the merits of a proposal when the entity proposing is not
actively engaged in the debate.  It also creates suspicion of motives
and gives the "Don't mind the man behind the curtain" feel to the whole
thing.  I also get the feeling we're talking about expanding SPF into
something larger than it is today, with a broader scope of
responsibilities.  The xml: directive seems like a reasonable way to
include XML support into the current design, but I'm not sure it's even
needed given the scope of the current design.  If we're designing
something with a broader scope than SPF currently has, then we should
focus on that, not XML'izing SPF as it is now.  If it truly is to be an
extension to SPF without changing the scope, I'd say it's a version 2
feature at best (as is the dedicated RR) and we move forward with
version 1 as it is now.


From a business perspective, I can imagine its desirable to fully define
a public specification without stating its intended use prior to patent.
Its much harder to convince the masses that a proprietary, royalty
inducing solution is worthy of widespread adoption once a working,
royalty free solution is in place.  That would give me incentive to
introduce a proprietary mechanism into the standard the first time.


My post-lurk $0.02.


I'll give you a nickel for that.

-- 

Bob Greene
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Or, you can just pull my finger

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