An open source grab for 3D web power

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So open source wants to "Lock in" 3D web standards. Great.

How do you take a technology and make it go nowwhere for 20 years?

The answer: make it open source.
That is just factual history, not something I'm saying to be "anti open source". It's reality.

When do we as IT professionals start listening to the customers, the end users? Customers were very vocal about wanting interoperability. As much as open source people are disgusted by it, many companies or most companies have closed source as part of the IT plan. Long term. They are not just "tolerating it" as I've heard ABMers say, they are embracing it. It does the job they want and it does it very very effectively and cost effectively *over time*, which is how you measure IT. Not up front costs. And they love the idea they are dealing with one entity. Now those same people want to use Linux too where it has it strengths.
But what is the open source response to what the actual users want? Well I'll tell you, create a new GPL license that essentially says you cannot interoperate with Microsoft code. But then the EU cries foul at MS for the lack of interoperability!! Sweet Mother of God when is that kind of stupidity going to end.

It's no different than a group of 6 year old boys making a club and declaring that "girls are not allowed". That is how insane and petty that is.

But this business of trying to gain "lock in" by declaring ownership of "standards" is worse than anything MS has ever done. It limits the solutions and ingenuity of the people around the world who have a full right to make a solution of their own that doesn't comply to any standards but the ones they use in their code.

standarization leads to parity which leads to mediocrity. period.

Posted by: xuniL_z   Posted on: 03/26/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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