Comments on: M$ knows Competition, not Standards http://brianwiese.com/blog/2005/12/16/m-knows-competition-not-standards/ Jumping into the tech, politics, and personal blogging sphere Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:28:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brian http://brianwiese.com/blog/2005/12/16/m-knows-competition-not-standards/#comment-71 Brian Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:23:34 +0000 http://brianwiese.net/blog/?p=31#comment-71 M$ constantly creates their "own" standards for things, all this does is "lock in" their customers to "their" way of managing their data (e.g. blu-ray and hd-dvd discs coming out). The OpenDocument format has been developed by the standard international body for defining file formats... now that M$ has sought ECMA approval it's really a last ditch effort which does not provide for the level of freedom as ODT does (can still be licensing charges and such). From <a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1902178,00.asp" rel="nofollow">Eweek article</a> - <blockquote> <i>I doubt Microsoft will do the right thing. After all, it's in their best financial interest to maintain a monopoly even if it isn't in anyone else's interests.</i> </blockquote> and <a href="" rel="nofollow">Onlamp.com</a> - <blockquote> <i>For instance, where ODF implements W3C XForms, MSXML uses a WinForms - InfoPath derivative. Where ODF implements W3C SVG, MSXML is geared to the up and coming proprietary "sparkle". Where ODF uses standard HTML, MSXML embraces the bastardized MSHTML. The list goes on and on, with one point becoming increasingly clear: Microsoft continues to embrace and extend open standards with proprietary enhancements designed to break both compatibility and interoperability with everything outside their OS Stack.</i> </blockquote> M$ constantly creates their “own” standards for things, all this does is “lock in” their customers to “their” way of managing their data (e.g. blu-ray and hd-dvd discs coming out). The OpenDocument format has been developed by the standard international body for defining file formats… now that M$ has sought ECMA approval it’s really a last ditch effort which does not provide for the level of freedom as ODT does (can still be licensing charges and such). From Eweek article –

I doubt Microsoft will do the right thing. After all, it’s in their best financial interest to maintain a monopoly even if it isn’t in anyone else’s interests.

and Onlamp.com –

For instance, where ODF implements W3C XForms, MSXML uses a WinForms – InfoPath derivative. Where ODF implements W3C SVG, MSXML is geared to the up and coming proprietary “sparkle”. Where ODF uses standard HTML, MSXML embraces the bastardized MSHTML. The list goes on and on, with one point becoming increasingly clear: Microsoft continues to embrace and extend open standards with proprietary enhancements designed to break both compatibility and interoperability with everything outside their OS Stack.

]]> By: jeff http://brianwiese.com/blog/2005/12/16/m-knows-competition-not-standards/#comment-64 jeff Thu, 22 Dec 2005 04:10:18 +0000 http://brianwiese.net/blog/?p=31#comment-64 but wait... isn't more than one better? that's your argument right... microsoft shouldn't be the only one. so, let them make their own, argue if they don't keep to their word and keep it open, and let the market decide which open standard is better. "open" is a lot better than what we've been used to, no? but wait… isn’t more than one better? that’s your argument right… microsoft shouldn’t be the only one. so, let them make their own, argue if they don’t keep to their word and keep it open, and let the market decide which open standard is better. “open” is a lot better than what we’ve been used to, no?

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