- From: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 11:02:07 -0700 (PDT)
- To: www-html@w3.org
Once upon a time Lineaer Algebraiker shaped the electrons to say... >What I really want to know is: will we have something soon (ie. a math = >standard and support from 'most' browsers) or should I start my own = >alternative to the W3C, which, after all, functions far from ideally from= >point of view? 1. No timetable has been announced for math and it is not in Wilbur or Cougar so you are looking at *least* several more months before it shows up in a spec. (Unless they shock us and put it in Cougar - I doubt it.) 2. You are free to start your own group - and you will have as much, or less, luck in getting it adopted as 3.0 had. Since all of the major browser companies are in the W3C and the W3C is working on their own standard - I'll wager you'd get a VERY cold shoulder from all of the major browsers. Sure, maybe some small time browser picks up on it - but then you may as well just use 3.0 and Arena. And one of the reasons it got trashed was that Maple and Mathematica joined and the spec as it was was unacceptable for portability to and from their programs - the new effort is aiming to make a standard that allows for display, transport, and reuse of the formula - not just display. -MZ -- Livingston Enterprises - Chair, Department of Interstitial Affairs Phone: 800-458-9966 510-426-0770 FAX: 510-426-8951 megazone@livingston.com For support requests: support@livingston.com <http://www.livingston.com/> Snail mail: 6920 Koll Center Parkway #220, Pleasanton, CA 94566
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