Subject: [xsl] Re: Announcement netiquette From: Mike Brown <mike@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 07:47:30 -0700 (MST) |
G. Ken Holman wrote: > >There are enough other resources > >where to find information about new XML products. What would happen if every > >xml software vendor was announcing his software on this list > > Although that particular announcement was a bit lengthy, I personally > appreciate new product announcements on this list so that I don't have to > go and hunt and peck trying to find out what is new. > > I hope vendors will continue to post *short* announcements using a > hyperlink for more detail to help with the awareness. I'm mostly in agreement, but I think that part of his point is that in this case it was a general XML product, not specifically an XSL-FO or XSLT product. While the vendor may claim "of course it's relevant; XSL is XML, isn't it? Who on this list doesn't edit XML?", it's much the same logic as every spammer uses when they hawk their wares far and wide. Personally, I feel that the more focused the forum, the more the announcement should be tailored for it. If it's a product that's 90% general XML and 10% XSLT, it better be a pretty short post here on xsl-list, or it should go into more detail than the general announcement would about the XSL-related features, and not devote as much copy to the irrelevant aspects, even if that's the bulk of the software. Mike -- Mike J. Brown | http://skew.org/~mike/resume/ Denver, CO, USA | http://skew.org/xml/ XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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