Differential Progression » Standards http://alex.kavanagh.name Random thoughts, differential progress ... Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:08:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The myth of multiple “competing” standards http://alex.kavanagh.name/2008/05/the-myth-of-multiple-competing-standards/ http://alex.kavanagh.name/2008/05/the-myth-of-multiple-competing-standards/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 08:16:34 +0000 alex http://alex.kavanagh.name/?p=13 Continue reading →]]> A cracking post from Rob Weir about the myth that having multiple document standards is ‘good’ for the consumer and that the market should be left to decide.  I particularly like this bit:

How many spreadsheet formats does Microsoft use internally for running their business on? Why should governments be denied choice in the same field that Microsoft itself exerts its right to chose?

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