Well, that is the fundamental split between specifying a bunch of features and letting people write clients, vs closely linking the features and clients togethe

Well, that is the fundamental split between specifying a bunch of features and letting people write clients, vs closely linking the features and clients together. When I can update my web client every day with a new feature, the advantage of not having an open standard is higher, I can invent new features in days rather than the years it's taken IRC to add things