Re: IS XML dying?

[Frenkel, David]

Title: IS XML dying?

 

 

I would agree there is no silver bullet out there but EDI wasn't the greatest thing since sliced bread when the TDCC first came out with standards.  XML                          has a strong following that is moving forward despite some of its downfalls.  Have you seen any college offerings in EDI lately?  If you use any of the more recent

Microsoft products you are using XML.  I was at a Utilities Industry Group (UIG) meeting today and they are starting to take a serious look at XML for their

industry.  Maybe XML isn't ready for prime time but it is having a very real impact.

Dave Frenkel

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Beecher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 4:44 PM
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Subject: IS XML dying?

       
Sounds like a radical statement, but let me clarify:

The dot com world has been gutted. Dot coms are dying left and right.  Much of the investment money driving XML initiatives was living on the B2B hype which was younger brother to the B2C.   Now B2C is dying and it would seem that B2B is going along with it.

You also see XML initiatives failing, like that Dell hub that shut down the other day.

None of our trading partners are interested in touching XML for another 2 to 3 years until the standards settle.  Noone wants to invest in an XML product, because it may be useless next year. 

Is the truth finally being shaken out - That XML is not a "Magic Problem Solver" and that the real issue is and always was the differing capabilities of different backend systems?

Anthony Beecher
Manager of Vendor Systems
buy.com
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