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It sounds like the 'small sticks' are quite firmly sheathed, which may have something to do with the fact that this discussion seems to be producing some positive results. After taking a quick look at the membership list, I noticed that at least two key players aren't members: Opera Software and the Apache Group. Opera (http://www.operasoftware.com), in Norway, is producing a much smaller Web browser than either Netscape or Microsoft, and has been getting a lot more mention lately everywhere I look. The Apache Group (http://www.apache.org) is a looser organization of the people keeping up Apache, the freeware HTTP server that continues to outpace MS and NS in Internet market share. Opera is still tiny, while Apache is amorphous. Still, it seems like the W3C would do well to actively live up to its claim that: >In its quest for universality, W3C seeks a diverse membership from around the world. Opera may well join on its own - I have no contacts there and can't speculate; they just seem like an odd company to be missing - but I don't know if the Apache folks could join if they wanted to. As their model of software development is spreading rapidly, with Linux, DNS, Perl, and now Netscape joining the fray, the W3C's membership policies seem more and more of an anachronism every day. Accomodating these kinds of members may ruffle some feathers among the W3C's current members, but it seems like it would create a fuller, more capable organization. It might also allow the XML-DEVIL organization, comprised of XML developers working toward common goals, to join the W3C without seeming like a weird attempt to 'subvert' the organization. I remain pleased with how the XML process has worked, though I too might join XML-DEVIL (or something of the sort) for the heads-up and opportunity to participate that a W3C affiliation would bring. Simon St.Laurent Dynamic HTML: A Primer / XML: A Primer / Cookies xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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