RE: [xml-dev] Expertise and Innovation - was Re: [xml-dev] Non-Borg servers can authenticate Borg clients (Was Re: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Participation)

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Michael Kay <>
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, 'Michael Champion' <>,
Date
2004-01-10T23:46:45
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RE: [xml-dev] Expertise and Innovation - was Re: [xml-dev] Non-Borg servers can authenticate Borg clients (Was Re: [xml-dev] Re: Cookies at XML Europe 2004 -- Call for Participation)
> 	My first reaction to Tim's work was much the same as 
> the rest of the community at the time. 

My first reaction was quite different but equally wrong. I thought he
was totally naïve to imagine that he could get the world to agree on one
standard for doing this stuff. I still don't know how he succeeded in
grabbing mindshare. Most good ideas fall on stony ground, why didn't
this one?

Michael Kay