Peek into the debate raging on the XML-DEV listserv, courtesy of O'Reilly's XML.com. The discussion is more than academic.

Consolidation reaches the CM "majors" as divine acquires OpenMarket.

The goal of most CM products is to allow non-technical staff to manage the production of Web content. But with some exceptions, the transformation of content at runtime for publishing to different users and formats still remains the domain of programmers, DBAs, and XSL gurus.

Aberdeen reports that Interwoven leads all vendors in CM marketshare with 25%.

Most major Document Management vendors still standing have reinvented themselves as Web CM plays. FileNET has taken a different track, focusing on Enterprise CM.

KM toolmaker PurpleYogi announces new version releases. With tremendous knowledge locked up in unstructured corporate file repositories, automated tools for organizing and classifying that content are very hot right now.

Zope creator Digital Creations renames itself the "Zope Corporation" and debuts a new, CM-focused version of its famous app server.

After at least two years of standing on the sidelines, Microsoft joins the CM market, with its launch of "Content Management Server" -- only 3 months following its acquisition Ncompass Resolution.

Little-known CM vendor Grey Zone lauds a recent Forrester report that praises Vignette.

And not just an application server either. With Oracle9i, the company targets specific business applications, including collaborative content management...

Software AG, makers of the Tamino XML repository product, think you don't.