[const_cast]

> Did anybody bother checking with Microsoft?

> Secondly, why is Firefox/Gecko given full weight for their vote when their marketshare is dwindling into irrelevancy?

The juxtaposition of these two statements is very funny.

Firefox actually develops a browser, Microsoft doesn't. That's why Firefox gets a say and Microsoft doesn't. Microsoft jumped off the browser game years ago.

No, changing the search engine from Google to Bing in chromium doesn't count.

Ultimately, Microsoft isn't implementing jack shit around XSLT because they aren't implementing ANY web standards.

[saurik]

You make it sound like those two thoughts are incompatible in juxtaposition, but they are in fact perfectly consistent, even if you were correct that Microsoft isn't building anything, as the premise is that users matter more than elbow grease. The reason why you'd want to ask Microsoft is the same reason why you might not bother consulting Firefox: because Microsoft has actual users they represent, and Firefox does not.

[const_cast]

Right, sure, but this is a matter of implementation and maintenance burden.

Obviously the people doing nothing aren't a reliable source. They probably want the browser to cook your food and walk your dog, too.

That's why we ask the people actually writing the code that is being used.

[spankalee]

This is not true. Microsoft is participating in standards and implementing them in Blink.

[const_cast]

I didn't know Microsoft contributed to chromium, although that makes some sense.

But my thoughts remain. Chromium IS NOT Microsofts browser.

Chromiums opinion might matter, which might include contributers from the open source community, which might then include some Microsoft engineers.

But Microsoft, as a whole, does not develop a browser so they don't have a seat. The seats are Firefox, Safari, and Chromium/Chrome/Blink.