Subject: RE: criticism of MSXML (was Re: asp assistance) From: "Paulo Gaspar" <paulo.gaspar@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 23:27:33 +0200 |
I (the MSXML3 defender) couldn't agree more! =:o) Paulo Gaspar > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:owner-xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Brown > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 11:08 > To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: criticism of MSXML (was Re: asp assistance) > > > > Come on - that's a bit rough, don't you think? Since when is a > software vendor > > under any obligation to mention competitive products on their website? > > I didn't say they were under obligation. It was a suggestion. I am trying > to point out that Joshua has a bit of nerve, being sarcastic about Mike > Kay's anti-MS attitude on the list and insinuating that users of Saxon and > XT made a bad choice. > > These statements alone are not terribly inflammatory, but in the big > picture it seems that the situation could have been less irksome for all > involved, if there weren't scads of IE5 users showing up here and on > comp.text.xml, irritating the old hats and with questions about Not-XPath, > Not-XSLT, version 0.02 pre-alpha. > > If anyone has the power to effect some positive change with regard to this > situation, it is the world's largest software company. I proposed a couple > of relatively small steps they could take, making some changes to their > web site, that would help address the root of the problem, which is, in my > opinion, the continued distribution and promotion of MSXML 2.0, with > precious little information provided to its users about its obsolescence > with regard to what XSL has become, and how well they would do to upgrade, > if they're intending to use the product. > > - Mike > ____________________________________________________________________ > Mike J. Brown, software engineer at My XML/XSL resources: > webb.net in Denver, Colorado, USA http://www.skew.org/xml/ > > > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list > XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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