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MS Withdraws From WC3 Web Services Working Group

Posted by timothy on from the rather-withdrawn dept.

slashusrslashbin writes "CNet is reporting that Microsoft has broken with a key Web Services standard effort. Apparently the W3C 'is not the only vehicle in which to impact and evaluate a set of technologies.' Evaluating them in a massive monopoly is probably just as good..."

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  1. In other news by the_other_one · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft announces new standardized anti trust laws...

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    134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
  2. We don't need any standards... by ptaff · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course standards have no importance...

    WMA, BMP, WAV, RLE, were all formats that absolutely necessary. There was no other way before to store that kind of information.

    C# is also so important! I mean, there was no language before that could be run in a virtual machine.

  3. Old MS Joke by Schart · · Score: 4, Funny

    This (and the OpenGL thing and... well, a LOT of things MS does) reminds me of this OLD joke I heard quite a few years ago:

    Q. How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?

    A. None. They simply declare darkness to be the new standard.

    GONNNNG!!