Re: Comparison of Standard and Proprietary Technologies

At 09:00 PM 07/10/2002, Brant Langer Gurganus wrote:
>Please comment.

I would suggest that "Support for standard technologies will never end." 
should be qualified, as certainly technology gets left behind all the time, 
whether it be an 8-track tape or a deprecated FONT tag.

Proprietary technology can be more innovative, since proprietary technology 
can be developed faster by its owner than a standard can be invented and 
agreed upon by a standards body.

Standards behavior is not always guaranteed, as the standard can be changed.

Bill Mason
Accessible Internet
w3c@accessibleinter.net
http://www.accessibleinter.net/

Received on Thursday, 11 July 2002 11:26:33 UTC