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- Standards Become Standards When Gorillas Comply
- Controversies and Comments About Standards
- Microsoft Anti-Trust Litigation - The Case for Standards
- Not Sure Which Standards You Need?
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Standards Become Standards When Gorillas Comply
As a high-tech marketing pro, Don Chambers knows the value (and the cost) of following standards. His comments to Global Engineering Journal were blunt:
"Documents require a '900-pound gorilla' to become standards. Specifications that are written and either not implemented or ignored are not standards, no matter what the title." more
ENGINEERS' FORUM - Controversies and Comments About Standards
The January issue sparked a number of critical responses. When we asked readers to charcterize a "good" standard, some legitimate concerns surfaced. more
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Microsoft Anti-Trust Litigation - The Case for Standards
By Ken Krechmer
Technical Editor for the Communications Standards Review
"An initial decision in the Microsoft anti-trust litigation was reached April 3, 2000. The legal decision is to split the company into two parts, not dissimilar to the way the AT&T monopoly was broken up in 1984. However, such action may not be necessary or desirable to control this monopoly. Microsoft maintains their very successful operating system monopoly through the use of proprietary specifications as well as aggressive marketing. Open standards offer an alternative means to allow market forces to redress any Microsoft abuses. The use of proprietary specifications were developed in the 20th century to maintain monopolies. Now open standards may be used to maintain both competition and competitive advantage, which minimizes the potential for monopoly abuse." Full Paper
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