> My point was that you can't create a proper application > development environment that is both an open and defacto > standard the way the web is. Why?

> My point was that you can't create a proper application > development environment that is both an open and defacto > standard the way the web is. Why? Is there a technical limitation? Or are you saying that it's technically possible, but that you have no faith that vendors will cooperate and support such a thing?