Ian Hickson wrote:
It is maybe worth noting that in the time since you said Microsoft had comments on the spec, and the time you finally sent those comments to the list, the US held an entire cycle of presidential primaries (and a long one at that -- one pundit termed it "the long flat seemingly endless bataan death march to the Whitehouse"). If this was an isolated incident, one might be more willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt, but it is just one more example in a long history of such behaviour that started long before I got involved in the standards world in the late 90s. If Microsoft want to improve their reputation, they should go above and beyond being good citizens, not continue this long trend of half-hearted participation.
Ian, how does this issue relate to US politics? MS has made many mistakes in the past but can we all move on from the *past* and work towards a better *future* (interoperability). Surely this will not work if you carry on in this insulting manner.
I can vouch that various IE team members seem to want to move away from the *past*. Can you? A employee from Opera likes to personally blog about IE8, the Bad. How does this help? When can a MS employee`ever put their head out without it being bitten off? Let us all encourage MS along their journey towards opennesses where we all learn to work *together* for the common good of the web. It can happen.
Alan
