A lot of "Web 2.0" seems like so much flash, and much of it with it's share of security risks. However, where "Web 2.0" shines seems to be where the technology bests fits with it's users needs, and does not aim to lead it's users to work in a particular way; nor does it attempt to secure a market share.
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the public release of HTML and HTTP, and today, the web is still in it's infancy, according it's primary inventor.
Flash, cool factor will always have it's appeal, but without community buy-in, it will merely be a "flash" in the pan. HTML and HTTP were contributed to the public fifteen years ago, and XML five years later. While Netscape and Microsoft fenced over features in their JavaScript (and JScript, respectively), the ECMA-262 standard laid out the rules for developers to write browser-side scripting that could work regardless of the user's choice of browser.
Competition is good. Collaboration is better.
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