That may also be the bad news. With XML, nothing is mature. Yet this is the foundation upon which enterprises are betting their electronic business strategy, and the future of their company. Because there is so much pressure to drive XML forward, its derivative standards fly right from vendor consortia to market, with only a cursory pause at the local standards committee. Sometimes it worries us that nearly every XML-related standard is at version 1.0.
Innovation is good.
XML is good. XML will succeed. But let's hope that the technology doesn't go too far too fast. Consensus about the judge's remedies isn't as universal. Many favor the breakup of Microsoft into separate applications and operating-systems companies.