
Originally Posted by
nburns
The W3C may be corrupt, but I don't think they have an interest in pushing JavaScript. JavaScript was created by Netscape in the 1990s. It became the standard browser language largely by default, because it was supported by all browsers (unlike VBScript), it didn't need a plugin (unlike Java and Flash), and no company controlled it. AFAIK Google was largely responsible for making it what it is today. They seized on it to create Google Maps, which showed everyone its potential, and they pushed it by developing a high-performance VM (v8 for Chrome) and by using it extensively (Google docs, Gmail).
If there is a conspiracy to push JavaScript, I'd suspect Google.