Post "Good Google," Who Will Defend the Open Web? 133
psykocrime writes "The crazy kids at Fogbeam Labs have started a discussion about Google and their relationship with the Open Web, and questioning who will step up to defend these principles, even as Google seem to be abdicating their position as such a champion. Some candidates mentioned include Yahoo, IBM, Red Hat, Mozilla, Microsoft and The Wikimedia Foundation, among others. The question is, what organization(s) have both the necessary clout and the required ethical principles, to truly champion the Open Web, in the face of commercial efforts which are clearly inimical to Open Source, Open Standards, Libre Culture and other elements of an Open Web?"
The best company on the planet... (Score:2, Funny)
Samsung!
microsoft (Score:3, Funny)
my vote goes to microsoft to champion an Open Web. Past history has shown that they are staunch defenders of the principles which guide the Open Web initiative, and I would always trust them, when the time comes, to make a solid business decision which is in the best interests of an Open Web.
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Post "Good Google," Who Will Defend the Open Web? (Score:3, Funny)
What about 4chan?
Microsoft is the only Company (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft is the only company that cares or will defend the rights of the end user to ensure all software is secure, free, Open and meets all standards which the end user should be able to use, understand or knows of.
Microsoft has proven over the past 35+ years how much they do their best to meet the needs, requirements of all end users.
They are also very trust worthy and honest when it comes to doing what is right for the end user. For example, look at how IBM attempted to rip off end users with OS/2. Microsoft saw this for what it was, and worked on their own version called 'NT', which meet and surpassed OS/2 in every way.
Another example is Netscape and IE. Microsoft saw Netscape ripping off end users by selling something which could be giving away for free. Microsoft produced IE which was free, met all standards, and allowed end users to have secure, free and open access to the Internet. Without IE, the Internet would be locked down and owned by Netscape.
Microsoft even fought Sun/Oracle on the Java front. Granted they lost, because they did not provide enough finical incentives to the US legal system, however they still stood up to Sun/Oracle to keep the Internet free from Java, which as we all know is a security risk and should never be used in DVD Players, Blu-Ray Players, nor even for server side Chat Room Programs.
Now Microsoft is taken on Apple and Google with their Windows RT and Windows 8. Will hope they win as they feel the sales of Windows RT and 8 tables and phones surpasses the sale of iOS and Android combined.
When Windows 8 was being developed, Microsoft wanted to reduce the source code size and the final binary size of Windows 8 to improve the performance for the end user. They removed the start button, which has increased the performance of Windows 8 and all other Microsoft products running on top of Windows 8.
Microsoft only cares about the end user, and will do whatever it takes to own to standards to keep the end user free and open.
As Mr. Gates said in an interview a few weeks ago, if we give Mr. Obama enough power to do what is right for the people of the US and the rest of the world, we will be free, and safe.
So lets all give Microsoft and Mr. Obama all the power they need to do what is right for everyone.
Re:There's only one company on that list... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There's only one company on that list... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There's only one company on that list... (Score:1, Funny)
There's only one company on that list that seems qualified to me, and that would be Mozilla.
We can have a pointless major new revision of web openness standards every week!
Re:There's only one company on that list... (Score:3, Funny)
Yahoo will rise again. They clearly grasp the significance of cloud computing, which is why they've collected all their employees in one place.
Oh my god. You have figured it out. Yahoo is planning a mass suicide.