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No it is XML that is already obsolete
Look at it this way. XML is hierarchical. This is the same approach as used by old style CODASYL (pre-relational) databases and indeed by good old COBOL file descriptions.

The problem is that most real word data structures are not hierarchical. For example y?u can express the relationship between an order and an order line in a hierarchy in an XML <ocument. However each order line is also related to a product and how will you access the data by product over multiple orders? With XML as with COBOL files or hierarchical databases you are back to writing a complicated program running over multiple files.

Relational databases were devised to solve these problems. XML, in data management terms is a step back into the dark ages. As an integration tool it is also markedly inferior to many available alternatives.

People who don't like Microsoft should be delighted about their enthusiasm for XML. The XML contingent is probably distracting them from doing the job of data management properly in Longhorn.
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Patents are a MESS  CobraA1 | 02/12/04
Another way of putting it  IT_User | 02/12/04
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MS has used  michael-t | 02/12/04
They DID learn a new trick, PATENTS!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
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Squash all competition? No, just open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Trust them - LOL  Update victim | 02/13/04
Now that everybody has weighed in...  IT_User | 02/13/04
i plan to patent  JWatson77 | 02/12/04
Let see  michael-t | 02/12/04
Hold on a minute!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
maybe  ryusen | 02/12/04
It is strange that  michael-t | 02/12/04
what...patents arent important  jimk_z | 02/12/04
How can you patent the already obsolete?  jorwell | 02/13/04
Huh? Their schema isn't obsolete.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
No it is XML that is already obsolete  jorwell | 02/13/04
You really need to look at Longhorn.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I hope so...  jorwell | 02/14/04
One thing you can count on...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
I know what to do. Not like this isn't done all the time anyway...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
How do you license GPL'ed code?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Yes, EVERYONE has the right to use it freely...  Michael Kelly | 02/13/04
And that's why it won't happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
How?  Update victim | 02/13/04
Don't see how that would work at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Open source is currently...  IT_User | 02/13/04
On a level playing field that might happen.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04
Large or small corporations  IT_User | 02/13/04
XML and OTHER LANGUAGES  Update victim | 02/13/04
Like it or not, the patent was granted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/13/04

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