Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
> Not a standard debate
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| First, IBM is threatening to leave organisations that set standards for
>| software interoperability over concerns that their processes are not always
>| transparent (the ostensible references are to the ISO and Microsoft).
>|
>| Second, according to sources close to the development, the Bureau of Indian
>| Standards (BIS) — which met in New Delhi on the 22nd of this month — is
>| reviewing the ISO transparency issue while simultaneously exploring alternate
>| standards which emerge from bodies like the W3C and the Internet Engineering
>| Task Force (IETF).
> `----
>
> http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=335446
>
> Excellent. Having seen the Redmond Bully bribing charities (details below),
> they 'clean up' a bit.
>
The IETF is notorious for its inherent corruptability. It's dominated by a
handful of companies, voting has few, if any, rules, and there is a
"first past the post" culture to approve any old rubbish in order that
companies can get in first.
W3C is much cleaner, and did step away from the RAND provisions,
although more recent acts, including failing to add .ogg to their next
generation web standards indicate another organisation going through
another vendor-driven crisis.
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