3D web, finally?
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- zarkonite0
@Nairn
You extrapolated the hell out of a benign statement... I didn't mention anything about OS. It may shock you to know that Microsoft and Apple do much more than just operating systems.
Do you know how AJAX works? one of the key elements is the XMLHTTPRequest which allows you to fetch information server-side and send it back into the user agent. It was originally built by Microsoft as part of their proprietary ActiveX controls... ffwd a few years, look at it now!
Javascript itself was a proprietary language of the Netscape Navigator and.... look at it now!
OpenGL came out of SGI's efforts to create their own graphics API. etc etc etc.
Apple is constently, like most technology outfits, trying to impose its will. A good example is the "standard" XML based OOXML format that in fact is just what MS submitted (DOCX) to the IEEE for approval as an ISO.
Khronos is a group of companies that want to LOOK like they're fighting the good fight but MS, Apple, Sun and Google are all on the board at the same time as developping their own technology... the way it usually happens is that Company X makes its own thing, based on the expertise they've developped they submit some or all of it to be reviewed as a standard and then some or all of it is accepted and goes on to become a standard.
My point is simple, whatever WORKS BEST BECOMES STANDARD and let the games begin, this kind of top-level techo-competition is what drives innovation forward.
oh, and fuck you too.