Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
High Plains Thumper wrote:
Eich is invested in this. He isn't being reasonable.
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3361141
[quote] May 31, 2004 Mozilla, Opera Join Forces For New W3C
Proposal By Sean Michael Kerner
2004. Uh huh. And that article says nothing to support the
argument here.
Oh, yes it does:
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"The whole point of standards is that they be supported by
all the vendors. If there is only one vendor that supports a
standard, it might as well be a proprietary standard,"
Hickson told internetnews.com. "Proprietary technologies are
not good for authors and users, since they lock you in to
one vendor."
Hickson predicts that if a backwards-compatible
open-standards alternative isn't created first, then 10
years from now the de facto Web application standard will be
Microsoft's Avalon and the .NET framework. Microsoft will
also be presenting an overview of the Longhorn "Avalon"
technology XAML (define) at the W3C workshop as well.
[/quote]
Mozilla (and Opera) are acting to keep standards open, which
are accessible to all.
[/redacted reinstated]
There is no misunderstanding, problem is ancient in computer
cycles. Microsoft wants another proprietary standard.
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HPT
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