- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:20:18 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Matthew Raymond wrote: > > On a slightly unrelated note, I just realized a short time ago that the > Microsoft sabotage scenario could happen just as easily if <idate>, or > any part of it, were left out of the spec as it would be if it were > included as-is. All Microsoft would have to do is implement flawed > non-inheritance support (to mess up my version of <idate>), or implement > my version in its entirety for either Ian's position or yours. So I > don't think manipulating the markup is going to keep Microsoft from > screwing us if it so desires... The odds of anyone intentionally "sabotaging" a standard or proposal in this way is basically zero, and not really worth any thought, IMHO. As far as I am aware, every occurance of a "sabotage" in the Web world in the past 15 years has been due to misunderstandings, an accident, oversight, or plain stupidity, and none were intentional or malicious. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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