Good times are here

[Peet Sneekes <pe...@mediamatic.nl>]

Scott,

I've taken a second try in converting our program from LotusXSL to Xalan,
and with some good results so far . . .
I want to thank you for incisting on trying again. This time I put the whole
code up side down, and this gave me also the chance to clean up the code
we've made in the past half year.

I'll let you know when I've finished my evaluation and tips for other
LotusXSL converters. My next goal is to look in to the DTM bit. I hope to
improve the performance of our little machine a little bit more.

Thanks again,

Peet, Mediamatic IP, Amsterdam

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Boag/CAM/Lotus <Sc...@lotus.com>
To: Peet Sneekes <pe...@mediamatic.nl>
Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Failed


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>> Do I understand it correctly that the LotusXSL project is now continued
>under the name of Xalan and under the wings of Apache
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>Yes.  The LotusXSL "wrapper" is a thin layer to Xalan.  We hope to be
>adding IBM and Lotus specific "value added" to the LotusXSL layer over
>time.
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>> As I'm also eager to put some effort in the OpenSource project, I like to
>> continue to use and perhaps help to improve the Xalan and Xerces
>projects,
>> so you'll probably hear more of me.
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>That would be great!  We really want to see strong development
>contributions from a wide community.
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>-scott
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Boag/CAM/Lotus <Sc...@lotus.com>
>To: Peet Sneekes <pe...@mediamatic.nl>
>Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 5:58 PM
>Subject: Re: Failed
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>>Huh?  It is Open Source.  I don't think you can get more open source than
>>it is!
>Oops, I thought it was Beta ware to be selled when all the major glitches
>were out. . . . anyways, thank god it is OpenSource!
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>>The plan is to develop the source in the open source community.  It should
>>become at least as robust as any product.  We have many product groups at
>>IBM and Lotus who are using or planning to use Xalan/Xerces, so there is a
>>big buck factor involved, but it is indirect.
>Whoow, was I on the wrong track there, sometimes it's realy a problem when
>english isn't your native language.
>I stand corrected and, am proud to deliver my small contribution for the
>project.
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>>> I'll ask it  . . . I'm certainly interested. I don't know if this is a
>>> effective way of communicating
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>>It's up to you!  The reason I was pushing is that I thought I might be
>able
>>to convince you guys to continue with your work towards Xalan, as I think
>>there is a significant advantage.  The main thing is: we don't consider
>>Xalan or LotusXSL to be product quality yet (which is the reason the
>>version numbers still begin with 0.), and are trying hard to get to a
>1.0.0
>>product (probably in the late February timeframe).  If you're shipping a
>>product that is important to your well-being, you should have it be based
>>on technology that is product quality.  I'm really also surprised by the
>>trouble's you've been having with 0.19.2, and suspect we could work past
>>the bumps pretty quickly.
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>Oh, in that case I throw in some more (free) time and make this thing work!
>Convising Thomas should not be a problem when I got Xalan to work with our
>products.
>He was just worried it would be a song without an end (dutch expression) to
>convert from LotusXSL.
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>Do I understand it correctly that the LotusXSL project is now continued
>under the name of Xalan and under the wings of Apache, just like Xerces was
>previously known as IBM's XML4J?
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>As I'm also eager to put some effort in the OpenSource project, I like to
>continue to use and perhaps help to improve the Xalan and Xerces projects,
>so you'll probably hear more of me.
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>For now, have a great weekend and I'll get back to you when I have
>everything figured out.
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>Cheers,
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>Peet
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