Small Developers and XML XML, Integration, and the Smaller Developer Many thanks to Richard Goerwitz, Baden Hughes, Dan Brickley, and Clifford Thompson.
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Summary XML is an opportunity to remake the software development landscape as well as the world of documents. The ease with which XML-based architectures can be created and rebuilt is an opportunity for smaller developers to take back the integration tasks that had been disappearing into the hands of larger companies. Small developers can now compete on the same playing field as established vendors, using open and easily-mastered XML documents to build their own infrastructure. Historical quirks, especially complexity created by its derivation from SGML, make XML seem more difficult than it really is. Small developers have a chance to escape the grasp of the companies that have dominated software development for the last decade.