There *is* a significant advantage to using multiple standards - for vendors of proprietary technologies.
For citizens of India, though, there is even more advantage to working (with vendors, if necessary) to creating uniform standards - some of the most practical standards in everyday technology, like WiFI, came up this way. Arguably, had India been a part of that exercise, it might have worked out even better. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM, Anand Babu Periasamy <[email protected]> wrote: > vinay ವಿನಯ್ wrote: > >> Deccan Herald, Bangalore is continuing to cover the eGov standards policy >> >> >> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/17466/microsoft-keen-e-governance-projects.html >> >> In the article below, MS admits that they are working with industry bodies >> to create 'awareness' about the 'advantages' of multiple standards. >> > > "advantages of multiple standards" - whole purpose of standards is > defeated. > > -- > Anand Babu Periasamy > GPG Key ID: 0x62E15A31 > Blog [http://unlocksmith.org] > GlusterFS [http://www.gluster.org] > GNU/Linux [http://www.gnu.org] > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > -- Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com
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