- From: Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:09:53 +0200
- To: Sylvain Galineau <sylvaing@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "www-font@w3.org" <www-font@w3.org>
Also sprach Sylvain Galineau:
> > > I would think that shipping implementations that do not
> > > interoperate with 3/4 of the browsers out there is disruptive as
> > > well
> >
> >If Microsoft wanted other browsers to interoperate, why did you keep
> >your format secret for a decade? Why didn't you consult with others
> >along the way? Why did you add root strings to the format -- you must
> >have understood that this would be contentious?
> The format has been publicly documented.
When I started arguing for a web fonts revival in 2006 [1], EOT was not
documented. It's fairly rich for Microsoft to critizise other vendors
for adding support for TT/OT when you kept your own format secret and
patent-encumbered.
[1] http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-forgotten-monopoly/2010-1032_3-6085417.html
-h&kon
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