|| On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:31:15 +0200 || Jeroen Dekkers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
jd> An Open Standard isn't an oxymoron IHMO. You've got proprietary jd> standards like MP3 and de facto standards like MS Word. You're missing my point, I think. I know that these are referred to as standards by their vendors, but ultimately what makes a standard a standard? To me it is the availability for everyone to work and interoperate on the basis of that standard independent of their competitors. So even though people like to speak about "proprietary standards" or "de-facto standards" for marketing purposes, I don't consider them standards, at all. In fact I would encourage everyone to speak about "proprietary formats" and/or "proprietary interfaces" in such cases. Regards, Georg -- Georg C. F. Greve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org) Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom! (http://www.fsfe.org)
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