"The Free Standards Group released two tools on Thursday
intended to ensure that all Linux applications can run on any Linux
Standard Base-compliant version of the open source operating
system: LSB 1.1 and Li18nux 1.0.
"Some commercial application developers, including Microsoft,
have slammed open source development, saying that it lacks the
necessary controls to define the common programming standards that
need to be used across different projects to ensure
compatibility..."