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> MS didn't manage to sabotage WebGL To be fair I don't' think they really wanted to sabatoge WebGL out of spite, they had some very valid reasons for not implementing it right away. Here on hacker news some of our best minds sided with MSFT on this. twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817321… news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2677899
Microsoft brings 18-year-old game 'Hover' to browserRead the thread - Recommends
"see the latest fear mongering about webgl" Can't be total BS, John Carmack agrees with them - twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817…
Microsoft Makes It Easier to Hack the KinectRead the thread - Recommends
The security concerns about WebGL are not "whitewash". John Carmack: "I agree with Microsoft’s assessment that WebGL is a severe security risk. The gfx driver culture is not the culture of security." twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817…
IE10 preview 3 supports HTML5 history API, CSS animations and 3D transformsRead the thread - Cites it
Is it just FUD though? John Carmack seems to agree with microsoft about the security concerns over exposing graphics drivers to the web. twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817…...
Hello Opera 12Read the thread - Cites it
John Carmack said: twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817321… I agree with Microsoft’s assessment that WebGL is a severe security risk. The gfx driver culture is not the culture of security. twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/817454… They are orthogonal technologies, but NaCl is much, much easier to make secure than WebGL, even though it sounds scarier.
Mozilla VP Mike Shaver responds to Microsoft's WebGL security concernsRead the thread