On Friday, Mar 7, 2003, at 00:23 US/Pacific, Jim Davis wrote: > Flash may have achieved market dominance via pure market forces, but > HTML, HTTP, CSS, SOAP, and XML have achieved market dominance via the > work of the W3C. Niether force can be discounted or marginalized.
Hmm, as someone who spent eight years heavily involved in standards (ISO C, ISO C++ and a futile attempt to get Sun to play ball with Java), I would beg to differ... Standards bodies themselves do not drive acceptance. That's a rosy, optimistic view of the world. Standards exist to "aid commerce" and it's purely commerce that drives adoption. If a standard makes it easier to do business, companies adopt it. If a standard is mandated - by law - then companies adopt it. Otherwise, a standard *is* an academic exercise. Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
