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Re: Question about Michael Kay's book


The new cocoon v2 is just coming (is it out?).  It is a vast improvement 
over v1 (no PIs).  I doubt there will be any good books out on it yet.  
The best bet is at apache.org (I have only browsed, but looks good) or 
if there is a cocoon mailing list.


On Tuesday, July 31, 2001, at 10:43 PM, Richard Draucker wrote:

> Please, no offense intended, the siliconpublishing web site is MS and
> ShopFactory is a Windows only product.  I appreciate that those in the 
> MS
> world are sold on Mike's book.  I'd like to know whether its equally 
> valuable
> for those of us who live without MS, i.e. no IIS, no IEx, no Windows 
> OS, etc.
> For example, how well does it cover Cocoon?
>
>
> On Wednesday 01 August 2001 01:04 am, you wrote:
>> So is the 2nd edition.  The emphasis is on XSLT, but in terms of XSLT
>> products he presents a very comprehensive and balanced survey.
>>
>> I don't see how anyone working with XSLT could do without this book.
>>
>> Max
>> http://www.siliconpublishing.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com] On Behalf Of Tim Watts
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:17 PM
>> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>> Subject: RE: [xsl] Question about Michael Kay's book
>>
>>
>> Why don't you ask Mike himself! He subscribes to this list ;)
>>
>> Given that Michael also created a java parser (SAXON) and works for
>> Software AG (which is not affiliated with Microsoft) I would say that 
>> it
>> would have been safe to assume that it would be OS agnostic.
>>
>> And it is - at least the first version which I have.
>>
>> Tim Watts
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>> [mailto:owner-xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com]On Behalf Of Richard
>> Draucker
>> Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2001 2:00 PM
>> To: xsl-list@lists.mulberrytech.com
>> Subject: [xsl] Question about Michael Kay's book
>>
>>
>> I'm thinking of buying the book.  I'm wondering, from those who already
>> have, whether it has an MS tilt or is entirely OS agnostic.
>>
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