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==Next-generation Web apps== | ==Next-generation Web apps== | ||
Ajax' success is demonstrating the need for new-generation apps, but XUL is much more powerful (structured/accessible/semantically-rich) than AJAX. Do we want to innovate in this space? | Ajax' success is demonstrating the need for new-generation apps, but XUL is much more powerful (structured/accessible/semantically-rich) than AJAX. | ||
''Do we want to innovate in this space?'' | |||
==Competition== | ==Competition== | ||
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Microsoft is a great platform company. They have developer mindshare, they have great development tools. They have huge marketing budgets. Eventually, they will also get nice marketshare, with IE7 being shipped with every new PC. | Microsoft is a great platform company. They have developer mindshare, they have great development tools. They have huge marketing budgets. Eventually, they will also get nice marketshare, with IE7 being shipped with every new PC. | ||
How are we going to compete? | ''How are we going to compete? Do we want to?'' | ||
''How can we leverage our assets (namely being open-source)?'' | |||
''How can we leverage the standardization process in order to | |||
==General questions== | ==General questions== | ||
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* Do we want XUL to be the next big thing? | * Do we want XUL to be the next big thing? | ||
* Do we want to lock-in our customers or play nice? | * Do we want to lock-in our customers or play nice? | ||
* Who, in the organization, could/should lead such an effort? | |||