- From: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:50:09 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org
Reading the latest from Mark Pilgrim [1], I'm reminded of a situation related to the discussion on distributed extensibility: the fact that Microsoft and Google are in direct, and relatively aggressive, competition with each other. On the one hand you have Microsoft, who still controls most of the browser market, issue a proposal, which many people view with intense cynicism, whether deserved or not. On the other hand, you have Google, which now has an inordinate influence, relative to its browser market, over the future of HTML5, by the fact that it employs the one and only HTML5 author. Interesting situation. And regardless of the reality, a potential impact on how decisions made now in HTML WG will be perceived in the future. Now, I'm going to go play with my pony. Shelley [1] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2009/10/05/distributed-unicorns-and-ponies
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