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> W3C is owned by Microsoft It is?

• famsam 16y ago
  In their behavior with respect to browser (and other standards), yes. Despite the supposed one company one vote model, generally every other company can be moving forward and if Microsoft signals thumbs down, it will come to a grinding halt. If Microsoft stops browser development, the w3c takes that as a sure sign that browsers are no longer important to anyone, which is fine, as long as w3 doesn't value the other memberships. whatwg was taken over by w3c as a desperate move on Microsoft's behalf and immediately put under a Microsoft chair despite their long history, and slowed down by years.
• alexknight 16y ago
  Microsoft has an interest and is a member of the W3C. They do not own them though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3c http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3c