My guess is that they wanted jQuery support for beginners but didn’t want to make it a jQuery contest to they added Prototype as the token non-jQuery framework.
I’ve talked to a number of people about it (some who are Microsoft employees). They couldn’t really share any specifics. But I’m told that those who are against this move have escalated it as far as possible with no better answer than what is listed in the FAQ: http://10k.aneventapart.com/Faqs > 1. Why only 3 libraries (jQuery, Prototype, and TypeKit)? > Initially, we were not planning to allow libraries at all. However, to > encourage more beginners and reflect modern Web development practices, we > decided to allow three very popular libraries. We still want to keep things > simple, though, which is why we're keeping the list very small. IMHO a js contest should allow all frameworks or none. 1kJS is looking very interesting. — Tom Aylott – SubtleGradient – MooTools — On Aug 10, 2010, at 2:39 AM, Rajeev J Sebastian wrote: > Hello Ian, > > Is there any specific reason why Mootools is not allowed for this contest? > > Regards > Rajeev J Sebastian
