[dssslist] Re: Markup Technology Position

[Javier Farreres <spanish@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David Maltby

> The DSSSList is not the active hotspot of markup discourse that it used
> to be but it is still my belief that the best and brightest markup
> technologists are subscribed to this list. The last markup person we
> hired was someone I met through the DSSSList. Given the low traffic on
> the list, I hope you will forgive my rudeness in using the list to post
> notice of our need for a top notch doc-head. Heck, we still use Jade and
> DSSSL in our production products, although we are driving it out in
> favor of XSLT.
>  
You explained the reason for this list to have so low trafic. Many are 
replacing DSSSL with XSLT. But do you think they are equivalent? I don't 
think so. XSLT doesn't allow you to do what DSSSL can do. Of course, 
DSSSL development is not complete in OpenJade, but I plan to change this.

I hope you find someone for your working place. In fact, I have met some 
other companies who use DSSSL in their work flow. Everyone sais DSSSL is 
not used, but when you scratch a bit, it is widely used. Why do 
companies using DSSSL hide under the rocks, and those using XSLT shouth 
out so loud?

Javi