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Re: Allocated chapter numbers for specific chapter content
Subject:Re: Allocated chapter numbers for specific chapter content From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:51:34 -0400
"Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com> wrote on 09/20/2004 07:09:02 PM:
> your identification of 'marketing fluff' is immediately
> poignant--my formative exposure to XML virtues and uses
> was an early B2B project with strong ulterior marketing
> overtones. I was enthused, and quite likely drank too much
> of the kool-aid.
Hope my post was taken with a smile and there's no hard feelings.
I've been approached by so many kool-aid prophets (read: consultants
<lol>) that I tend to have a knee jerk reaction to the hype type
descriptions of SGML/XML. I find that the most painful exercise in trying
to learn the technologies is separating the prophets, druids,
high-priests, and sooth-sayers from the honest truth and basic functions.
Be carful when someone starts trying to sell you on "normalization" of
your data or the absolute necessity of SGML repositories. :p Unless
they've thoroughly studied and understood your requirements and the system
is adapting to YOUR needs and not the other way around.
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