On Oct 8, 2013, at 16:56 , Duncan Bayne <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ah, because Hawaiians can propel canoes using paddles, they are a viable >> means of propelling anything, including super-tankers. Yes, >> crowd-sourcing can and has worked in some cases, and pre-sales can and >> have, and so on. It's a great *addition* to the ways of remunerating >> creators, but it's not a replacement. > > Agreed. > >> Yes, indeed, and that's great. But it's not all content creators that >> can or are willing to go that way. > > Obviously. But it's not the W3Cs job to break the WWW to accommodate > those who aren't willing. well, nor is it the W3C's position to break them -- insist that they go bankrupt -- in order to satisfy some idea of purity, either. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
