Updates from Portland
OSCON '08
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Dojo Developer Day Boston, Sept. 28-29
Power vs. Authority
Standards bodies are animated only by the needs of industry to reduce costs by forcing vendors to agree on things...In this context, then, the W3C's only effective function is to drive consensus when visions for how to go forward diverge or lead down proprietary ratholes. Asking the W3C for more is the fast path to continued disappointment.