Simon Willison’s Weblog

22nd July 2008 - Link Blog

What the Heck is the Open Web? Brad Neuberg is seeking a two sentence definition. Bonus points for answering the following: “If Adobe were to open source Flex/Flash, or Microsoft Silverlight, would that be the Open Web? If so, why? If not, why not?”

Posted 22nd July 2008 at 1:33 am

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This is a link post by Simon Willison, posted on 22nd July 2008.

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