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@@ -209,12 +209,12 @@
<h3 id="specification-history"><span class="secno">1.1 </span>Specification history</h3>
<p>The <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> object was initially defined as part of
-the WHATWG's HTML effort. It moved to the W3C in 2006. Extensions (e.g.
-progress events and cross-origin requests) to <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code>
-were developed in a separate draft (XMLHttpRequest Level 2) until end of
-2011, at which point the two drafts were merged and
-<code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> became a single entity again from a standards
-perspective.</p>
+the WHATWG's HTML effort. (Long after Microsoft shipped an implementation.)
+It moved to the W3C in 2006. Extensions (e.g. progress events and
+cross-origin requests) to <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> were developed in a
+separate draft (XMLHttpRequest Level 2) until end of 2011, at which point
+the two drafts were merged and <code><a href="#xmlhttprequest">XMLHttpRequest</a></code> became a single
+entity again from a standards perspective.
<p>Historical discussion can be found in the following mailing list
archives:
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<h3>Specification history</h3>
<p>The <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> object was initially defined as part of
-the WHATWG's HTML effort. It moved to the W3C in 2006. Extensions (e.g.
-progress events and cross-origin requests) to <code>XMLHttpRequest</code>
-were developed in a separate draft (XMLHttpRequest Level 2) until end of
-2011, at which point the two drafts were merged and
-<code>XMLHttpRequest</code> became a single entity again from a standards
-perspective.</p>
+the WHATWG's HTML effort. (Long after Microsoft shipped an implementation.)
+It moved to the W3C in 2006. Extensions (e.g. progress events and
+cross-origin requests) to <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> were developed in a
+separate draft (XMLHttpRequest Level 2) until end of 2011, at which point
+the two drafts were merged and <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> became a single
+entity again from a standards perspective.
<p>Historical discussion can be found in the following mailing list
archives: