Friday, April 20, 2007
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Dear Reader,
Welcome to another issue of XML.com.
This week Michael Day asks an intriguing question: which XML technologies
are beautiful? I agree totally with one of Mike's answers, namely, RELAX NG.
It's a joy to use and is conceptually elegant. Very nice.
Do you think beauty is a useful criterion for judging technologies?
I'm curious which answers the XML.com audience will give -- check out the
comments section of the article.
Which XML Technologies are Beautiful?
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2007/04/18/which-xml-techologies-are-beautiful.html
In lieu of the browser tab sweep that usually appears here, I want to say
a few words about the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech on Monday.
VT is about four hours southwest of Washington, DC, where I live and work,
and a real part of the DC community. We all know people who go and have
gone to school there -- friends of friends, the children of coworkers, family members.
VT has always been of interest to me, as well, since it has a fine technical reputation.
The company I outsource my corporate email to is located on the VT campus!
I have no idea what to say about this tragedy, except that I hope we can
wring some good from it. I have tried to be more patient and understanding of
people this week, especially those who seem like they might have trouble fitting in.
Of course that won't prevent a sick person from hurting others, but we can never
know whether our small acts of kindness keep others from reaching some awful,
inward tipping point.
Some political pundit, who isn't worth naming here, suggested yesterday that those
among us who profess no religious faith were missing from the public square after
tragic, painful events, since we have no God or gods to which to pray.
Since I count myself among the secular, I cannot say in truth that I will pray for the
families and friends of the victims.
But I do feel compassion for them and empathy for their loss. I hope for the eventual,
natural ebbing, if not cessation, of the pain of their loss. And I stand with them
to change our society to make the recurrence of such tragic losses less likely in the future.
Kendall Clark, kendall@xml.com
Managing Editor, XML.com
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