Kevin, really well thought-out post. You did a great job of capturing the state of the world as a lot of developers and designers feel it today.
Karl, I’m really excited by your efforts with opening the W3C. The only thing is I hope its more then just “opening up.” We can make our mailing lists and our documents publicly available… we can make more primers… but I’m not sure that’s enough. It’s about engaging the development and design community in a genuine conversation…. its as you said it “being in liaison with the developers, designers and the Web pro communities.” I’m here to be a servant to your efforts however i can be.