MSFT was also there to push OLE/COM versions of certain specs, as was Sun pushing for RMI versions, if I remember correctly.
Hope that Google is there to give and not only receive. Mike > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:13:58 -0500 > From: Allan Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Google signs with OGC > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Microsoft has been an OGC member for quite a while (since 1998, I > think). Terraserver is a good manifestation of what can come from > being aware of OGC specs. > > MS originally joined due to their interest in Mobile Location > Services. Carl Stephen Smyth was their representative in those days. > They also brought in people from their automotive unit in Ireland. > > Steve had interesting RDF-ish ideas about how to get data bundles to > "knit up" at the edges. > > Allan _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
