Re: [xsl] Definite list of XSLT 2.0 processors?

[Vyacheslav Sedov <vyacheslav.sedov@xxxxxxxxx>]

LAMP should go away and leave place to XRX

2010/1/18 Justin Johansson <procode@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Given the neglect (i.e. XSLT 2 for LAMP), does the LAMP community really
> want one?
>
> Regards
> Justin Johansson
>
>
>
> Michael Kay wrote:
>>>
>>> I totally like Saxon, but I think it'd be good if there's some
>>> competition. It'd be even better if the still growing .NET community be
>>> better served.
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely. And even more so (a) the LAMP community, and (b) those who
>> want
>> to use XSLT client-side.
>> The problem of course is that (1) these communities expect everything to
>> be
>> free of charge to the end-user, but (2) no-one has an effective business
>> model for creating software that users are not prepared to pay for.
>> (Recruiting an army of volunteers may sometimes work, but it needs strong
>> leadership.)
>>
>> Intel did have a standalone XSLT 1.0 product that you could purchase for
>> $150 or so, but I don't think that was a sustainable business model for
>> them, and they withdrew it. Saxonica can survive quite nicely selling a
>> few
>> hundred copies a year; Intel and IBM can't.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Kay
>> http://www.saxonica.com/
>> http://twitter.com/michaelhkay