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No More Version Numbers For HTML

Posted by timothy on from the now-they'll-have-threat-level-colors dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HTML5 will be the last version of HTML that carries a version number. Ian Hickson, a Google engineer and editor of the HTML5 standard, announced that the language will be transitioned to a 'living standard' without version numbers. A bit like Chrome, if you will."

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  1. Thanks google by tokul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we'll have beta quality software and beta quality standards. Another engineer brainwashed.

    1. Re:Thanks google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's The Google Way, eternal beta.

  2. it just seems appropriate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    GET!