John F. Sowa wrote:
> Duane and Peter,
>
> I should have been more precise in making the point.
>
> I realize that MSFT has participated in OASIS, but
> they did not adopt the open standard or participate
> in getting whatever features they needed into it.
>
> There is nothing wrong with a company producing their
> own version for compatibility with their own legacy
> systems. But they did not support the OASIS standard
> on an equal footing.
>
> Furthermore, MSFT tried to get their proprietary version
> made into a standard -- despite the fact that it is bloated
> with garbage designed to support arcane internals of MS
> Office. (01)
This situation in standards adoption seems broader than the Microsoft
case. What makes PDF standardization different ? (02)
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/standards/ (03)
> When it became clear that nobody else had any interest
> in supporting the MS version, they "persuaded" [a polite
> euphemism] a large number of countries to become voting
> members of OASIS in order to stuff the ballot box in
> favor of the MS version. Despite that effort, the MS
> version was rejected as an OASIS standards project.
>
> And now, OASIS is suffering from a bloated roster of
> voting members who have stopped participating. As a
> result, they can't get a quorum for doing other business
> in the overstuffed committees.
>
> John
>
>
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