OASIS advances SOA standards
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| The Open CSA Member Section will coordinate the standardization of
| multiple specifications and promote adoption of SCA and SDO through
| education and outreach to industry, OASIS said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=475680043&rid=-50
California Assembly Bill 1668
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| This is pretty self-explanatory. (2) and (3) are there to ensure
| that whatever the solution, it must not be controlled by any
| single organization or entity. (1) is there so as not to lock
| the user into any platform. And (4) just means that whatever
| document standard is used should be under the auspices of a
| transparent standards body.
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http://www.bytesfree.org/bfblog/index.php/2007/04/10/california-assembly-bill-1668/
Microsoft is already making phonecalls and begging its 'partners' to slam
this move towards vendor independence. Lobbying for lockin.
Related:
Microsoft asking people to write leters opposing California A.B. 1668 - Open
Document Format
http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20070406122736199&title=Microsoft+asking+people+to+write+leters+opposing+California+A.B.+1668+-+Open+Document+Format%2C&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=555070#c555168
http://tinyurl.com/2gfrz6
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| In 2001, the Los Angeles Times accused Microsoft of astroturfing
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| when hundreds of similar letters were sent to newspapers voicing
| disagreement with the United States Department of Justice and its
| antitrust suit against Microsoft. The letters, prepared by Americans
| for Technology Leadership, had in some cases been mailed from
| deceased citizens or nonexistent addresses.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
Microsoft criticized for Open XML petition
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| The petition is an attempt to make it appear that Open XML
| has "pseudo-grassroots" support, argues Mark Taylor, the
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| founder of the Open Source Consortium.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6173625.html
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