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RE: [xml-dev] [SUMMARY #1] Why is there little usage of XML on the 'visible Web'?
> IMHO, when the idea of XML + XSLT was first stirred up, I
> think there was a window of time in which the idea could be
> rapidly adopted, or pushed to the side. Inconsistencies and
> defectiveness of the browser support meant it was pushed the side.
Since about 1993 there has never been a window of time in which new
technologies could be rapidly adopted client-side; it has always been
necessary to wait a few years until a significant proportion of the
installed base of browsers supported the technology in question.
Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
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