Wed 24 Sep 2008
IBM Threatens To Drop Out of Standards Bodies That Dont Meet Its Standards
Posted by java under JavaIn a snit that Microsoft was able to push its OOXML file format through to ISO standardization, IBM, a big backer of the OOXML-opposing ODF file format, has instituted a new corporate policy that suggests it will pull out of standards bodies whose rules dont conform to what it thinks their process, membership and IP policies should be. It said it was going to embark on a review of its memberships and is encouraging other companies to adopt similar principles.
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