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Re: Who is the Intended Audience of the Markup Spec Proposal?

From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:19:08 -0500
Message-ID: <497FF8DC.1090101@intertwingly.net>
To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
CC: www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>

[moved to www-archive]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
>> I personally would prefer the Work Group spends its time discussing 
>> actual tangible proposals.  And to provide everybody equal opportunity 
>> to produce such proposals.
> 
> I think anyone is free to make a proposal, but that doesn't mean we 
> should publish every proposal as a Working Draft.

This is an example of the a discussion that doesn't lead to HTML5 
becoming a better spec.  Nor is it particularly good argument, as it is 
predicated on a fallacy:

http://www.fallacyfiles.org/eitheror.html

The current process disenfranchises many.  Perhaps not you, but many.

- Sam Ruby
Received on Wednesday, 28 January 2009 06:19:57 GMT

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