alt Hacker NewsI'm not sure what the number of people in the world has to do with whether an open standard does or doesn't promote innovation. The user asked for a case where an open standard didn't do that and I provided one. Whether you think it's a great counterpoint is entirely irrelevant to me.
But browser engines are entirely functional based on open standards!!!!!
This is the core proposition!
The benefit of open standards here, is to the consumers of these standards .. not the engines.
Open standards allow the consumers (websites / apps) to be able to benefit.