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W3C's Role In the Growth of a Proprietary Web
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."
The government already fucks up everything it touches.
Yes, the colossal failure of TCP/IP is one clear example.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
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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