Interesting video. I think Eich gives up too quickly on the standard bytecode for the web idea. Google expressed a lot of desire for doing stuff like that, and I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft was open to the idea too. And regarding the IPR issues, I think the idea of bytecode is old enough that there won't be any IPR issues, and even so, if it was something big like a redesign of the web it might even be possible for the US government and other governments to indemnify new web technology from submarine IPR issues (I know the POTUS has this power, anyway).