RE: experts

[Gavin Thomas Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>]

James Robertson:
> People like Marcus, who have all the really good
> real-world experience, aren't involved in W3C standards
> development. They don't have the time (they have a
> business to run).

Not true. I've done my stint at the W3C, and almost
every person I've seen make a difference at the W3C
has come "from the trenches". 

I do agree with Dave that developers tend to move away
from the average as time goes by though...