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If they'd announced this before they had a working implementation then Microsoft would have either created their own competing standard or wanted changes that o
by Flenser 14y ago
If they'd announced this before they had a working implementation then Microsoft would have either created their own competing standard or wanted changes that only benefit themselves and slowed down development.
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Why the downvote?
Ok, maybe I shouldn't have singled out Microsoft, but I think their past behaviour explains a lot the way Google are behaving now. I'm thinking in particular of what happened with XForms and WebGL.
- Flenser 14y agoSeriously, why the downvotes? I don't think developing in secret is how things should be done (in a perfect world). I'm just theorising why Google might have chosen to work that way. Is this not a reasonable motive, or is there a better explanation for their behaviour?
- Dylan16807 14y agoWhat did Microsoft do to WebGL? I thought they simply liked to pretend it doesn't exist.
- Flenser 14y agoThey said it was a security risk even though Silverlight 3D had the same problem.
- zobzu 14y agoThey're still right, it is a security risk. Now, it doesn't mean we shouldn't have it. But it is one. Heck, the well known chrome vulns of the past alone should show that.
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