Re: New resource: Normative References to W3C Standards

On 19/04/13 12:43, Marcos Caceres wrote:

> I propose we agree to disagree and go an do real work for the Web :)

This is real work for the Web. I am saying - and said it during
last TPAC or the eBook Workshop in NYC - that referencing or even
implementing WD/ED/LS raises some blocking issues for industries
outside of the browser world. I also pinged W3C Legal for the legal
implications. I work with such industries on a daily basis,
and no, these companies are only users of our specs and have no
interest, no budget, no available workforce to join W3C or even
participate in free (cost) WHATWG. This is _not_ their world.

You disagree. Ok. Now what?

> My app might have been used by a couple of thousand people, but was it any more or less complicated than the "hyper-critical" app that you are talking about?

Want an example? Web-standards-based electric counter installed in
everyone's flat/house, command-controlled over the electrical wire
(through PLC) by the electricity provider, and offering html-based UI
for user input. Hundreds of millions of people in that configuration
around the globe and increasing every year. So yes, probably FAR more
critical than your app.

</Daniel>

Received on Friday, 19 April 2013 11:06:51 UTC