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W3C's Role In the Growth of a Proprietary Web 228

Paul Ellis writes "Mozilla's Asa Dotzler has said 'It's really hard for me to believe that either [Microsoft or Adobe] have the free and open Web at heart when they're actively subverting it with closed technologies like Flash and Silverlight.' But are they really subverting it? Where is the line between serving the consumer and subverting the Web? This blog post makes the case that the W3C's glacial process should share in the blame for the growth of proprietary technologies."
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W3C's Role In the Growth of a Proprietary Web

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  • by XanC ( 644172 ) on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @02:45PM (#24103907)

    Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

  • by thermian ( 1267986 ) on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @02:52PM (#24104011)

    I know, I are have a smarts, I are

  • by smittyoneeach ( 243267 ) * on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @02:56PM (#24104071) Homepage Journal

    The government already fucks up everything it touches.

    Yes, the colossal failure of TCP/IP is one clear example.

  • by KlomDark ( 6370 ) on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @03:38PM (#24104705) Homepage Journal

    CSS4 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS5 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS6 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS7 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS8 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS9 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS10 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

    CSS11 is still in the works. The final version has still not been published.

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  • by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @03:48PM (#24104829)

    you really need to learn to capitalize your sentences and use punctuation it would help readability and make you not look like a complete smacktard even when you have something worthwhile to say you should try it sometime the world may be a messy place but if you play nice with accepted standards it can be slightly better for everyone

  • Re:Please (Score:3, Funny)

    by Stanistani ( 808333 ) on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @03:57PM (#24104983) Homepage Journal

    Does this mean I should stop crucifying Microsoft's policies?

  • by strabes ( 1075839 ) on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @08:04PM (#24108567)
    Governmental successes: 1
    Governmental failures: Every other action government has taken in the history of mankind.

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