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The Register: Open Standards Group to Beat Microsoft at its Own Game

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 1, 2006

“The first ‘dynamic coalition’ resulting from the Internet
Governance Forum (IGF) has vowed to get governments interested in
adopting open standards for both hardware and software.

“A panel, which included academics, business, and standards
bodies argued its case in Athens, where one of the aims of open
discussions between different groups has been to get like-minded
people together…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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