RE: Microsoft XSL and Conformance

[Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh at microsoft dot com>]

This was missent and can easiliy be mis-interpreted.  Andy and I, along with
other members of the MSXML team have had a lot of conversations about being
more open to the XML community and putting a human face on our development
activities.  Andrew's post is a great example of our moves in this
direction.

Also, this issue has shown that a void of accurate information can quickly
become a forum for "MS bashing" and that the best way we can avoid this is
to provide accurate and timely information to the community.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Marsh [mailto:jmarsh@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 9:11 AM
> To: 'xsl-list@mulberrytech.com'
> Subject: RE: Microsoft XSL and Conformance
> 
> 
> Awesome move, Andy!  Amazing how quick the mob dispersed...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrew Kimball [mailto:akimball@microsoft.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 1:37 AM
> > To: xsl-list@mulberrytech.com
> > Subject: Microsoft XSL and Conformance
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm Andy Kimball, the Microsoft XSL developer.  After 
> today's "nested
> > template abomination" discussion, I had a couple of 
> comments.  First,
> > Microsoft is committed to delivering a conformant XSLT 
> > processor.  If you
> > don't believe "Microsoft", then at least believe me.  I'm 
> > writing the thing.
> > I've often gritted my teeth and implemented some feature that 
> > I thought was
> > inelegant, less than useful, or arbitrarily limited, just to 
> > be compliant.
> > As I receive feedback from the XSL community, I've been 
> > surprised at how
> > vocal and passionate people are about conformance (of course, 
> > people also
> > want performance, scalability, and usability without any 
> > trade-offs, and
> > they want it yesterday--unrealistic, but understandable).  
> > Now, I may not be
> > able to cross every tiny 't', and dot every insignificant 
> > 'i', but I will
> > make a good-faith effort to implement according to the 1.0 
> > spec.  If you
> > find conformance problems that concern you, feel free to 
> e-mail me at
> > akimball@microsoft.com.
> > 
> > ~Andy Kimball
> > 
> > 
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