[xquery-talk] Questions about SQL Server 2005 and XML

[Michael Rys]

Frank I certainly share some of your frustration. But where are the
contributions of RainingData to getting XQuery done quicker?

Thanks
Michael 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:talk-bounces at xquery.com] On Behalf Of Frank Cohen
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 9:27 AM
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> Subject: Re: [xquery-talk] Questions about SQL Server 2005 and XML
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> <rant>With XQuery we're not talking about a protocol for document  
> schemas, we're talking about a spec for a language. If Java 
> took this  
> long we would all be programming in C today - or maybe Cobol.</rant>
> <author>Frank</author>
> <ps>I would have typed this faster but the spec isn't 
> finished yet.</ps>
> 
> 
> On Jan 22, 2006, at 11:35 PM, Ken North wrote:
> 
> > Frank,
> >
> >> I am pretty tired of waiting for the XQuery 1.0 spec to be final.
> >
> > You may be experiencing personal frustration about the XQuery  
> > timeline, but five
> > years is by far not the longest development timeline.
> >
> > The timeline to evolve GML into the SGML standard was 17 years.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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