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Well we could have stopped progressing without renaming the spec. You have to make sure we keep improving the Web, and if we don't, take over! That's what we did to the W3C when they stopped, after all.

(You can also join us. See http://whatwg.org/ for details. It's basically an open community.)

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Where by "open", Hixie means "highly controlled by myself and my vision for the web."

I wish Hixie would retire and get some new blood in there. He's done good work, but it's time to move on.

There's a ton of specs lacking editors. If you have anyone who can take over, let me know. We've been looking.

...and by "open" I mean anyone can join, contribute, and have a significant impact on the spec. The spec's development has been based on rational debate and research. If someone has a different vision, though, they are welcome to create a new spec, just like we did with the WHATWG when we disagreed with the W3C's vision.

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