For these kinds of platforms, post facto standardization efforts and code releases are part of marketing, IMHO. Dart remains a Google-lead project tied to Google's goals rather than an actual open platform.
Right, I agree with you. I guess you didn't read my whole post. To quote myself from just above: "I guess how you feel about Dart may depend on how you feel about Google and big corporations more generally. Just because a big company that has a lot of mindshare/marketshare creates a great platform, does that necessarily mean we should be afraid of it? Maybe, but if you're frustrated by JavaScript, it's certainly worth a look."
Which means nothing as no-one else is legally allowed to use it. It's only "Source Open" (not "Open Source") so no-one is legally allowed to adopt, adapt, enhance, etc as can be done with true Open Source projects.
And also not the actual Silverlight part: http://davidburela.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/is-it-time-to-op...
- It compiles to JS (you mentioned this)
- It is standardized by ECMA
- The entire platform (VM, compiler, libraries, IDE, etc) is open source
I guess how you feel about Dart may depend on how you feel about Google and big corporations more generally. Just because a big company that has a lot of mindshare/marketshare creates a great platform, does that necessarily mean we should be afraid of it? Maybe, but if you're frustrated by JavaScript, it's certainly worth a look.