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To: Robert Rose who wrote (60044)	6/2/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: divvie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Not sure how that could be taken to have come from a tech snob, I see it as good advice. Thanks. BTW of the vendors that I speak to, some are ahead of their competitors when it comes to browser based interfaces before even getting to XML. The benefit of such a user interface in terms of reduced training costs alone is enough for us to reject any vendor, for our particular project, that does not have such an interface. One vendor that we thought would come out on top did not, for a variety of reasons but one of them was lack of intranet functionality.

To: Robert Rose who wrote (60044)	6/2/1999 7:37:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

I don't know much about leaf. XML is quickly moving from the drawing boards and into web development and user applications. It is, of course, an industry standard so you can expect everyone mainstream and many specialized packages will have it. XML is "another mark-up language" similar in basic concept to HTML, SGML and DHTML. Where it is likely to be most influential is in making widespread implementation of ecommerce systems - and where that is most important is in the business-to-business market. [I guess others might argue that it will have a big impact on how pages are built and presented - but I think that will take more bandwidth to make much difference] A large body of work has already been done to provide the universal framework of XML ecommerce tags and conventions to enable MRP (material requirements planning) and electronic data interchange (EDI). This will continue to develop as new product types and businesses develop their unique extensions. Perhaps most important thing that will make this move forward at this time is that all the major players like IBM, Microsoft, Sun, and numerous other companies now support it and have second or third generation tools available. Servers are coming on strong and there is a lot of controversy over XSL - eXtensible Style sheets. XML is moving so fast it is a bit out of control. Here are some sites to learn more about it: zdnet.com xml.com geocities.com geocities.com amazon.com