- From: Joseph McLean <joseph@secondflux.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:28:25 -0700
- To: Brant Langer Gurganus <brantgurganus2001@cherokeescouting.org>
- Cc: public-evangelist@w3.org
I would question the assumption that standards are developed less quickly than proprietary technologies. Although proprietary technologies can be _introduced_ by any browser on a whim, this does not place the code at the disposal of website developers. Even developers who target only IE browsers would not choose code that breaks all previous versions!. The installed base is too large, and WYSIWYG editors aren't exactly cutting-edge either. As a result, proprietary technologies enjoy the a similar trickle-down effect that standards do. The majority of proprietary code washing around out there on the Internet is quite old, is it not? Standards may take longer to introduce, but they generally evolve in a more predictable fashion, and (one hopes) devolve cleanly on browsers that came before them. So they may be out of the starting gate later, but ready for market acceptance sooner. The end result should leave no clear speed advantage for proprietary markup, I feel. -Joseph
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