Dave Bauer's worked on ns_xml and he's "one of us". I think Yon Derek
may've worked on it, too? Not sure, I've not paid much attention to ns_xml details, it has worked for me on the OpenACS 4 project and until we're further along, that's all I care to know about ns_xml.
We'll probably have to pick up the Oracle driver, though folks in the AOLserver community may help, too. It seems very solid, though, and I'm not terribly worried about it. When or if AOLserver switches over to using Tcl Objects internally we may want to work on both (PG and Oracle) RDBMS drivers to take advantage of this for efficiency reasons.
Rob's not working actively on AOLserver but is available for questions. He's helped Vinod Kurup rewrite ns_uuencode, which is broken in AOLserver+Tcl8, and needed by acs-mail if attachments are to be handled efficiently.
Also, the AOLserver situtation within AOL is
much brighter, with community relations being in much better shape and
with one of the original implementors (Jim Davidson) actively working on AOLserver 4.
