Re: WebCrypto - In "progress" since 2012

On 30 April 2016 at 15:11, Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com> wrote:

> On 04/19/2016 01:30 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> > WebCrypto - In "progress" since 2012 ... and still no interoperable
> > standard.
>
> On 04/30/2016 12:34 AM, Harry Halpin wrote:
> > For example, your WebPKI work to reproduce PKI in XML has, I believe,
> > zero adoption.
>
> On 04/30/2016 04:08 AM, Henry Story wrote:
> > Harry is actually acting as a conceptual guard placed in front of a
> > conceptual door.
>
> Hey guys, it would be more productive to have this discussion without
> the hyperbole and personal attacks (those just make your arguments easy
> to dismiss/ignore).
>
> There are sections of each of your emails that are very healthy
> discussion points. Constructive criticism is good, but let's please not
> attack the work of other people trying very hard to solve a problem.
>
> We all want better security, open standards, and massive adoption. Not
> all of us take the exact same path to get there, and that's okay.
>
> We're a community of individuals working together to solve some of the
> toughest technical problems on the Web. We'll make faster progress by
> focusing on the technical issues as well as strategies for adoption.
>

+1

Having adoption doesnt necessarily correlate with technical merit, and
often correlates with a marketing budget, which is quite variable.  It
should be used as an indicator and not over done.


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