The good thing about standards...

Lisa Kachold lisakachold at obnosis.com
Sun Apr 4 05:37:35 MST 2010


On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:

> The good thing about standards is that there are so many of them to
> choose from... especially when you propose one standard, it is rejected,
> then the subsequent standard is approved but you only implement the one
> that was rejected.
>
> http://www.adjb.net/post/Microsoft-Fails-the-Standards-Test.aspx
>
> While I am convinced that today is proof positive that Steve Jobs is PT
> Barnum reincarnated, the above link pretty much clarifies why
> interchangeable data between applications is impossible. Because they
> never had any intentions of incorporating the standards that they had
> written.
>
> It's clear to me that both Apple and Microsoft believe that people just
> don't care that both companies have every intention of making you pay
> for perceived convenience while working feverishly to obscure the
> efforts that they spend to limit your options.
>

I agree.  It's called ROI verses exclusive market share.

>
> Craig
>
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