● 04.30.08

●● Quote of the Day: Interoperability Means “First Benefit Microsoft”

Posted in Interoperability, Microsoft, Novell, Quote, Servers, Virtualisation at 9:16 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Standards Mean “First Benefit Consumers”

This one comes from Joe Wilcox.

Interoperability: First Benefit Microsoft

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The way I see it, interoperability is for Microsoft a means to an end, the end being competitive gains more than customer benefits. Microsoft is the first beneficiary of its interoperability efforts. The new management tools clearly show what interoperability really means to Microsoft: increasing its footprint in heterogenous platform environments. That’s going to be most important in established markets like the United States, where most companies that need servers have them already.

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The news that he refers to we have commented on in [1, 2]. Keep this quote in mind when Microsoft calls OOXML “interoperable”. █

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