Re: [odf-adoption] Interopvendoralliance

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Interesting quote from:  http://rcpmag.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog=358

"But there might be more to it
than that. After all, there’s always somebody complaining about how Microsoft’s
systems are proprietary and how the company ignores open standards, which
is often largely true. Well, with this new vendor alliance, Microsoft can
bypass all that standards mess. The message here from our friends in Redmond
is simple: Forget open standards, and let us set the standard. It’s pretty
much happening, anyway, so why not formalize the deal with a new "alliance"
that will probably end up looking a lot like a de facto standards body
and have the advantage of making Microsoft look magnanimous toward its
partners and competitors? Again, this is why Redmond rules the world."

Keep in mind that Redmond Channel Partner
is a Microsoft-friendly site.  If they think this, then I can only
imagine what the conspiracy nuts think...

-Rob

Charles Schulz <charles-h.schulz@arsaperta.com>
wrote on 11/15/2006 05:08:23 AM:

> Hello,
> 
> could somebody from Sun or Novell explain what is the Microsoft-led
> Interopvendoralliance (www.interopvendoralliance.org) about? I somehow
> got the feeling that it is a pro-Open XML consortium....
> 
> -- 
> Charles-H.Schulz,
> Associé / Associate,
> Ars Aperta.
>