The main purpose of argument for multiple standards is to ensure that US Proprietary standards are able to dominate the world markets. However , after decades of enjoying the monopoly, the US is realizing that its interests are better served if more people use technology with better competition. The resistance US gfaces in EU has made headlines. As a result, US is modernising the Anti-Trust laws. The sane voice is coming from within US. This does not prevent some corporations, as a matter of habit, from swashbuckling their legacy positions in gullible 'third' world. And when many brown sahibs are ready to be more loyal than the king, why not! see Rethinking Antitrust Law in an Age of Network Industries George L. Priest Yale Law School 2007 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1031166&rec=1&srcabs=1078932
jitendra http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/Archives/396.ashx On 8/3/09, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- jitendra _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
