Nov 07 2007
Another standards war starring Microsoft
Microsoft and Mozilla have engaged a fight over the future of JavaScript (better called ECMAScript): Microsoft prefers to abandon it and start anew with another language based on its .NET script, while Mozilla prefers to evolve JS to a new version, ECMAScript4.
Leaving the technical details aside, I think once again that Microsoft needs to develop a different culture in the organization. Chris Wilson could even be technically right, but the perception out there is that Microsoft is a big evil company that wants to control the web with its own proprietary formats. History and experience of many developers provides plenty of evidence, so any suggestion from Microsoft is not judged easily on its merits but on (mostly bad) feelings it provokes.
Please smart guys@Microsoft, do something to develop a culture of collaboration between peers and eradicate this MS centric view.
BetaNews | Microsoft, Mozilla Disagree Over JavaScript’s Future
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[...] because the real problem is interoperability, a word that Microsoft has always interpreted in a monopolist way: I do whatever I please, and I set ‘industry standards’ by myself convincing clients [...]