December 27, 2004

The Adam Bosworth Effect, and two more additions in Adam and Microsoft to the "Legends..." list

Before anybody even has a chance to start typing:

Dear <XSLT:Blog /> Editor (A.K.A. M. David Peterson):

You are an idiot for leaving Adam Bosworth off this list... [followed by whatever other choice words you might have for me because of this...]

can I just say that it was reading Adams latest post that reminded me of this obvious fact and got me going on this kick to get this list updated with each individual and/or entity that so rightfully deserves a spot as a member of this exclusive list of developers and entities who have had a positive affect on the XSLT development community as a whole. It also reminded me that I have planned for some time now to begin a section on this blog called "The Adam Bosworth Effect" which will be devoted to bringing to light the effect that Adam Bosworth has and will continue to have on each and every one of our lives, whether we be a computer user, developer, or both (giving way to the fact that not all developers are also users; a strange anomaly, yes, but a fact none-the-less.)

So, with that said I would first like to Welcome Adam to the "Legends of the XSLT Community" in which he most definitely deserves a spot right next to James Clark himself as it is my belief that without the work of Adam Bosworth and his team of developers working on MSXML XSLT would have in no way reached the level of acceptance and use that it has today. I would also like to welcome the Microsoft Corporation to this list as it can most definitely be said that without Microsoft their would be no MSXML (ok, maybe too obvious of a statement) and furthermore without the embrace of XML and the early adoption and support of XSL via MSXML 2.0 (something that, ironically, can easily be pointed to as a reason we haven't seen an immediate jump to support the XSLT 2.0 standard -- burned once by early adoption of a standard why would you adopt and provide support for a standard that, as of yet, is still not a final recommendation of the W3C?) XSLT could in NO WAY be where it is today as far as its infiltration into nearly every area of an application, be it corporate or shrink-wrapped, client, client-server, or all-of-the-above.)

I will be following this with much, much, much more.... but first let me be the first to officially welcome Adam Bosworth and the Microsoft Corporation into their rightful spots as members of the "Legends of the XSLT Community" here at <XSLT:Blog />

Welcome Adam! Welcome Microsoft! Your contributions to this community I don't believe have ever been given the proper credit they deserve. I most certainly plan to do my part in changing that. Thank you for all that you have both done to help bring XSLT into the hands of each and every developer and computer user across the world.