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I don't think they really want other people to use it, at least right now. I think they want the latitude to be able to make backwards-incompatible changes and

I don't think they really want other people to use it, at least right now. I think they want the latitude to be able to make backwards-incompatible changes and only have to worry about roll-out on their own servers and to their own client software.

billyhoffman 11y ago
Yes. This. It's the same model as SPDY. See a problem (HTTP1/x utilizing the network poorly). Implement a proprietary protocol from just your clients talking with your web properties. Work out kinks. Standardize as HTTP/2. I wonder what the HTTP/2 equivalent of QUIC will be. Interesting aside. As I typed that summary above. I couldn't help but think of Microsoft and how SPDY might still exists as a private "market leading feature" if Google sold server software...