Hi Robert, >> Reliable and consistant server-side XSLT for all platforms has not arrived >> yet in my opinion. Plus I'm waiting for pre-emptive threading for use with >> Witango and to see what XSL support may be available to us in the future. > > If you use Java, I can't agree with that comment. JAXP was just released > recently into final production, so has the Web Services standards for Java. > The threading model is also a non issue with Java.
But I'm not using Java. I use Witango. So, you've added to my point - thank you:-) > > As far as client-side XSLT goes - I view the arrival of Mozilla 1.0 to be an > > important one. Mozilla's gold status may not noticably influence the mighty > > gods of MSIE, but I think it will sway all the other browser makers to get > > their ducks in a row by measuring their product capabilities against > > Mozilla's performance. Mozilla is a serious competitor - not to MSIE, but > > all the other browsers. > > Yep, yet another reason why I don't believe in MS stuff, I have to see them > implement a standard from A-Z without adding more funky stuff on their own. I support Standards too, but lets face it - they take too long to finalize! So that funky stuff is called innovation while waiting for everyone else to play catch-up. Sorry - just teasing :-) But the wait for standards can take so long that they border on more harm than good. > > > > Like developers used to say about Java - I only want to write my XML once > > and deploy it across many platforms :-) > > What do you mean? We STILL say that. Hence my opinion in the first > paragraph. Here's an excerpt from today's www.byte.com Java Resources section. (Portable at the byte code level, but only to the extent that different implementations of the Java VM are compatible with each other. The promise is "Write once, run anywhere." The reality is "Write once, test everywhere." ) http://www.byte.com/documents/s=693/byt19990811s0006/ > > > > In the meantime - I'm testing, learning and planning. I'll write articles as > > I go, when I can. > > Test, learning and planning... The most fun part of being an engineer. Yes. Research and Development is the most fun and Witango is the greatest! Cheers.... > (Sorry I snipped out the whole thread this email was getting big) > > R > > -- > Robert S. Sfeir > Senior Java Engineer > NIH/CIT/DECA > e:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > v:1.301.594.2900 > f:1.301.480.3232 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
