Re: [ossig] Re: [myoss] Revaluing Deployment of Open Source Software

[Muammar Kris Khaira <kris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One has to look at how open standards are established in today’s
> computing environment to understand the mistake in equating open-source
> software with open standards.

He has a point regarding open standards. CSS is widely regarded as an 
open standard, yet is patented by Microsoft but supported more by 
Mozilla and Konqueror.
See http://www.w3.org/Press/CSS2-test

And get ready for people to mention RSS. Everyone thinks it's an open 
standard but it's not.
http://www.geekgirls.com/net_rss_printable.htm

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Kris Khaira
http://kriskhaira.com


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