If it's true that $s rules the development of the specs (XSLT
etc) more
than anything else, then that's a very sad state of affairs IMHO.
Actually it's probably just as well that participating in the standards
process is so expensive (more in time and expenses than in W3C
membership fees, incidentally). If more people took part, the process
would take even longer, and the specs would be even more complicated.
But since participation does take a lot of time and effort, I think it's
inevitable that the process is biased towards the views of the people
who invest that time and effort.
Michael Kay
Software AG
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