[xquery-talk] [xml-dev] Mistakes made in the design of XQuery 3.1

[daniela florescu]

This email was sent this morning.

Obviously, for "different accounts" reasons, it didn't make it through. Yeah. 

Dana


> On May 28, 2015, at 2:43 PM, daniela florescu <dflorescu at me.com> wrote:
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>> It proves that when it comes to IT you can put lipstick on a pig. If you were trying to name the language today JShit would probably market test better than XQuery.
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> That’s why I’m so tired of the database “science” and the database “scientific” community, and I run away to 3D and Augmented reality — which is at the beginning,
> nobody makes billions (yet) and there is still some love of technology, some honesty and integrity, and deep, serious enthusiasm.  There is still some innocence...
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> Right now the “database market” is just lipstick on a (VERY LARGE) pig. Lots of money spent on marketing scream, and unfortunately developers flock like sheep
>  towards the ones who scream the most, without any clue of “why”.
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> Yet we have no clue why a solution is better then other, no benchmarks, just hacky solutions, or temporary solutions which will disappear in 5-10 years, etc.
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>> Maybe it's because of your abhorrence of stupidity you tend not to stick around long enough to witness just how stupid some people are.
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> Well, I am VERY patient when I want to.... I did stay with the XML community since 1997, despite my deep dislike for processing instructions... :-)
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> But I see my role as an engineer to build good engineering solutions, not to increase the IQ of the general population. That’s not my job.
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> Best regards
> Dana
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