Ummm.. hate to gripe about this but... "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING!"
I don't know about many of you guys, but I'd love my company to be a member of the W3C. Considering my company has about 4 members of staff, I'm wondering where we can dig up the AUD $7765 for membership.... Still, it's a good thing we have an "annual gross revenue, as measured by the most recent audited statement, of less than $US 50,000,000". http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Prospectus/ Who, exactly do they expect to become members? :o( Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amit Karmakar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:14 AM Subject: [WSG] A land of wasted web opportunity An interesting read on how Australia is a wasted country!!! http://smh.com.au/news/Next/A-land-of-wasted-web-opportunity/2004/12/13/1102 786984178.html?oneclick=true Well I tend to disagree but I think Ivan is mainly talking about big companies down here that are not part of the W3C. Surely that is an area that needs focus but: "I often hear people in Australia say they are too small to do anything, they are happy to let the big guys in the US fight out the standards and they will just use them...." makes me wonder if he has heard of WSG, WE04, and many others out there... isnt it the other way around? Regards, Amit Karmakar http://karmakars.com ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
