a terrible step backward

Hixie sedz:

'It would be a terrible step backward if humanity's major development platform [the Web] was controlled by a single vendor the way that previous platforms such as Windows have been,'

Mr last week sez:

'It will be a terrible step backward if the W3C continue to allow the specification of humanity's major development platform [the Web] be controlled by a single person(and his employer Google)'

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