[mxh]

'Asshole' is strong, but tx's points are valid. I, too, much prefer the open web, and resent anything that promotes the adoption of closed alternatives.

You're right that one can't fault a guy too much for picking the tech. he likes best, but it's hard not to have a certain distaste for someone who's actions, however slightly, move us closer to a day when we'd be forced to use proprietary tools/protocols/servers to perform most tasks on the Internet.

As developers with this view, of course, all we can do is work to make the 'open' alternatives as attractive as possible. Calling people 'assholes' isn't helpful. Cathartic, though.