> W3C believes that it is important for the Web community to begin now to > consider and contribute to the range of technical options available. > > [...]
ah well, that's the operative statement in the story. which is what i expect will happen. to quote rms: we refuse to live in a state of non-freedom. incidentally, i don't know how many of you know that *before* the www was born, apple launched a superb technology and product, called hypercard. it did everything that the web evolved to do, had a metaphor strikingly similar to a web page, called a 'card', had hyperlinks, hence the word, 'hyper', could handle multiple file formats and mime, and had a rather powerful scripting language, called hypertalk, much like python, and which closely resembled pascal. apple also had an AOL and msn type portal, called e-World, which was (sigh!) ahead of its time. it had the concept of avataars, among other things. still, the www was born years later. based largely on open-source and floss software. and it has taken a decade for non-proprietory companies to stake some technological footholds in this space. inho: the internet refuses to be tamed and wear proprietory saddles. :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
