[Señor Zorro]

Microsoft insults IBM: in other news, the sky is blue.

The irony of MS fuming over "limiting choice" in the software world is still laughable.

Another thing: the ECMA. I had never heard of them until I was researching the standards for Microsoft's .NET CLI and Microsoft seems to keep using them. Are they to certification what degree mills are to colleges? An easy way to get a piece of paper that may or may not be worth the ink used? Honest question, not sarcasm.

[Señor Zorro]

*PING*

[atomicpossum]

Microsoft executives contend that IBM is trying to influence the standards process to limit choice.

BWA-HA-HA-HA!

[LiteKeeper]

I only had to read as far as "Microsoft" to know they were wrong. They are such hypocrites!

[ShadowAce]

[rzeznikj at stout]

Another case of MS flinging crap again and hoping it'll stick.

Dog bites man...

[antiRepublicrat]

Microsoft: Encumbered, secretive XML format meant to continue Office dominance.

IBM/Sun: Completely open, unencumbered document format meant for free exchange of documents between different applications.

I hope nobody actually believes this drivel from Microsoft.

[antiRepublicrat]

Another thing: the ECMA. I had never heard of them until I was researching the standards for Microsoft's .NET CLI

You use something somewhat standardized by them all the time. JavaScript and JScript (Microsoft) are both implementations of ECMAScript. ECMA is a European computer standards body that a while ago started to go international.