[wmf]

This doesn't really follow. They spent four years doing nothing; that doesn't mean that it will take five more years to create the 2.0 spec.

[ifindkarma]

I agree that past is not always an indicator of future.

But in this case, doing exactly the same things and expecting a different outcome is insanity defined.

[wmf]

They're not doing the same things; now we have two proposals on the table, one of which has been widely deployed.