Ok, so maybe we are too late in debating this, maybe not. I just wanted to be sure that everyone agrees we are going in the right direction. A few posts around the net have bothered me a little, maybe It is scaremongering from the right wing, maybe there is truth to it, In the end I am just providing some links to short readings/mail posts So you also have this information.
In the end, some choose SQL some mySQL, some PHP some Java, etc etc. As a taster, I know I don't always follow links blindly :- >From the Web Standards Group, cited from Lachlan Hunt with thanks "... the major browser vendors have already unanimously decided what they will be implementing. It is a minor fork in the road, but it's not a big issue since the other alternative is a dead end. XHTML 2.0 is effectively dead and is relatively safe to ignore. HTML 5 is the most relevant spec..." Full post at http://mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08110.html He also has some more similar thoughts at :- http://www.robertnyman.com/2007/02/05/html-5-or-xhtml-2/#comment-34198 This second one links to a short blog entry by Tim Berners-Lee :- http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/166 Anyway, thought I'd mention it, makes for interesting reading, but does it Affect us here at Forrest ? That may need more discussion or it the community may just say, no, we are heading this way and that's it. Personally, I was drawn to XHTML 2 and have been following that path. For me to change my own mind and need to do some reading up. Gav...
