:IBM's New "I.T.Standards Policy" - and a Call for Wider Reform
IBM's New "I.T.Standards Policy" - and a Call for Wider Reform Sep 29, 2008, 11 :02 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2376 reads) (Other stories by Andy Updegrove)
"While IBM's standards activities are formidible, IBM still controls only one vote within any single standards organization. As a result, it will be significant to see whether it is successful in inspiring other companies (and particularly those that were its allies in the ODF-OOXML competition, such as Google and Oracle) to make statements of active support for these same principles."