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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Major W3C messup
From:       Dawit Alemayehu <adawit () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-01 4:40:25
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On Sunday 30 September 2001 16:45, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Sunday 30 September 2001 09:44 am, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-09-30-001-20-NW-CY
> >
> > Basically, the W3C is planning to allow "standards" into html and all
> > that will need its implementors to pay royalties, effectively making
> > efforts like Konqueror, lynx and Mozilla impossible to be complete.
> >
> > They've apparently made a point of hiding this announcement - today's the
> > end of the period for taking comments on the new policy
> > (comment@openphd.net).
>
> What a creative way to change the Internet in MSN. I guess we need to
> develop our own standards then.

Hi,

They are already on their way to achieving that.  This will be just a nice justification 
or excuse for doing it.  "But the W3C allows such things!".  Nice scheme.  If think your 
attempt to control the highways might fail, simply attempt to control the process and the
people that control the highway in the first place...

Regards,
Dawit A.

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