[KLUG Members] Bryan's XML Opinion Published

[Bryan J. Smith]

Yep, that was me.  They probably pulled it off one of the web site's
"talkbacks."
I have now been quoted close to a dozen times in Ziff-Davis print
magazines.  Most of the time it is just a quick "sidebar," but a few
times its a direct quote in a full-up article (search various
ELUG/LEAP archives to find more).

I don't get the print version of E-Week anymore.  If someone could
please scan in the page and send it to me, I'd be eternally
grateful.

As far as this quote, it's based on working with Microsoft since
1992, and see their NT strategy fold over the 8 years I implemented
NT servers (1992-1999 -- yes, before it was released).  They say one
thing.  Their developers are all gung-ho.  But then the management
takes it elsewhere.  And sometime between the early betas and the
first or second release, the whole effort has been turned from open
to proprietary.  POSIX, OpenGL, Java and many others -- seen it
again and again.

Even Craig Mundie has, indirectly, admitted that there are some
"uprisings" inside of Microsoft of those who wish to see Microsoft
stop being a leech on the industry.  Of course Craig is quick to say
"the upper management is what runs Microsoft, and there is no such
"conflicts" in decision making.  It's important to note how he
responds and doesn't say, which tells me what I've always seen at
Microsoft.

Frustrated developers.

-- TheBS

CC: LEAP

magoo wrote:
> Hey now...
> This KLUG list is NOT the only place that
> Bryan J. Smith offers his opinions with a
> concise perspective!!!
> I was reading the Opinion page of e-Week,
> page 34 of July 30 (V18/#29), and a name
> seemed to catch my eye...  Bryan J. Smith!
> Probabilities of two???  Nah...   The
> following was published!
> ------------------------------------------------
> OPINION
> Can XML escape M$'s "SOP?"  History says NO!
> ============================================
> Unfortunately, betas or even first releases
> of Microsoft [products] rarely match later
> release versions in interoperability.
> SOAP is one standard that has already fallen
> victim to Microsoft, even though M$ helped
> write the standard.    -  Bryan J. Smith
> GO BRYAN!!!  KEEP TELLING IT, LIKE IT IS!!!
> L8r  mag00  <grin>
> PS - SOAP = Simple Object Access Protocol
> NOT Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program in
> this instance!   ;)
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Bryan "TheBS" Smith  mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org  chat:thebs413
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