As a huge open source proponent I have my doubts. A big chunk of the tech people out there are like sheep, that follow the herd. And the herd is filled with people who look at the biggest corp and just copy what they are doing/using cause there must be a reason behind it.

Lately my feeling is more and more people realize why open technology in the hand of the people is important (it is a lot about trust), but I am not too optimistic that it will break that dynamic.

> But will it be able to "productize" them and drive large scale adoption?

Hopefully not. There shouldn't be a "dominant" browser in the "market", there should be a huge mess of choices available. If there is a "dominant" browser, corporations will cut corners and target it directly. They shouldn't be able to get away with that. Browser diversity means they cannot afford to single out users as irrelevant and unworthy of support. They should have no choice but to support them all.

I read your comment to mean:

> There should be a huge mess of choices available because it increases the cost of web development.

If the cost of web development goes up, either websites will be more expensive, or they’ll just have to be less complicated. We’re hoping for the latter.

Then let the costs rise. If that's the price of our freedom, we'll pay it gladly. We don't want some corporation taking over everything just because of they offer a cheap and convenient bargain. Accept that and next thing you know you're but a serf in their digital fiefdom.

Well, one way to read "forced to not cut corners" is "forced to increase cost" :-P