The web is a collection of standard protocols which browsers support because they do not have enough influence to push their own protocol, which would undoubted

The web is a collection of standard protocols which browsers support because they do not have enough influence to push their own protocol, which would undoubtedly serve the interests of the company who develops and distributes the browser at the exclusion of other would-be browser competitors. IE6 is a perfect example of what happens when a lack of browser diversity allows one browser to push their own, self-interested, proprietary protocols.