- From: barbapapa <barbapapa@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 08:56:47 -0400
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
adopting that silly patent policy would look like prostitution. w3c, the defender of open system-independent standards, would suddenly look like a cheap whore paid & bribed by a few big companies. And then, I bet there would be other organizations setting up really open standards and questioning the legitimacy of W3C. You can imagine the consequences... So think twice before doing such a huuuuuuuge mistake. My recommendation is that you quickly set up some (any) nice vendor-independent standard in order to make people forget this shit and to find your legitimacy back. Yeah, I know that the review period is officially over. I don't care. I just hope someone reads this nevertheless, or (even better) that w3c has already thrown that silly idea away and working on a strategy to overcome the image loss. Sincerely, Barbapapa P.S: hey, no offense. I like the w3c. That's why I don't want it to change and throw its principles away.
Received on Saturday, 13 October 2001 02:55:17 UTC