On 04/11/2011 11:23, Andrew Welch wrote:
Anecdotal to list, apologies, but for me... I was told yesterday by my
previous employer
that he can't find anyone to maintain and XML application and today by my
current employer
that XML is not seen as the solution it was thought to be several years ago.
Fwiw, since Standford has started teaching xquery, I've been inundated
with Kernow requests.
Another data point, I spent yesterday teaching XSLT one-on-one to a guy
who has inherited responsibility for the company's existing XML/XSLT
applications from someone who left, and he is having to learn fast
because no-one else understands the code.
A consequence of the open source revolution is that organizations no
longer have any control over what technologies they adopt. A small group
of enthusiasts can start using a new technology because they think it's
cool (they don't need approval because they don't need budget), and when
they leave, the organization has to work out what to do next: they can
either try to train or recruit someone new, or they can chuck the stuff
away and start again. XSLT can win from this process and it can also lose.
Michael Kay
Saxonica
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